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Cooley LLP · 2 weeks ago

Senior Technology Development Operations Manager

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$180K/yr - $255K/yr

7+ years exp

Cooley LLP is seeking a Senior DevOps Manager to join their Infrastructure & Development Operations team. The Senior Technology Development Operations Manager will lead the team responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining the DevOps technology stack, ensuring a secure and highly available SaaS-based delivery environment for Cooley's applications.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide experienced leadership in developing solutions for highly scalable, highly available, hybrid cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) infrastructure patterns and platform integrations across physical colocations and hyperscalers (AWS and Azure)

Manage, build, configure, administer, operate, and maintain all components that comprise our DevOps environment

Leverage industry standard Frameworks and Blueprints as a foundation to create best-in-class Terraform IaC module libraries

Lead the evolution of our DevOps and DevSecOps practice maturity

Act as a key member of the infrastructure architecture team to identify optimization opportunities throughout the infrastructure

Define, document, and enforce configuration standards and governance through IaC

Develop, test, deploy, and optimize DevOps IaC code deployment pipelines and practices

Provision automation using CI/CD (DevOps Pipelines) and IaC (Terraform) tooling

Serve as a technical escalation point

Work with our development and data teams to integrate products into a DevOps-managed environment

Develop and maintain scripts to automate tool/service deployments to our Hybrid Cloud environment through DevOps Pipelines and Releases

Participate in software releases and deployments

Contribute to the design, update, refinement, and documentation of operational processes

Provide technical mentorship and educate team members as a subject matter expert on IaC, containerization, and CI/CD

Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve product delivery and efficiency

Consult peer teams for feedback during the design, testing, and implementation stages

Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports

Provide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned work hours and monitor for compliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage, review and process time logs/time off requests

Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities

In collaboration with immediate supervisor and HR, participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events

All other duties as assigned or required

Qualification

Cloud infrastructureDevOps managementTerraform expertiseCI/CD pipeline designAWS architectureAzure architectureDockerKubernetesScripting in Linux/WindowsAnalytical skillsEmotional intelligenceTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications

Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required

Ability to travel, as required

7+ years of relevant experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps with 2+ years of exempt/management experience in relevant roles

Proficiency in AWS or Azure architecture, configuration, and security

Skilled in CI/CD pipeline design using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions

Strong Terraform expertise, including advanced workflows and tools like Terragrunt

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD)

Familiarity with microservices deployment and release automation

Hands-on with .NET Core containers on Linux and scripting in Linux/Windows

Knowledge of open-source and NoSQL databases (e.g., MS SQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch)

Experience with APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) and IaC security tools (Snyk, tfsec)

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or associated discipline

Experience working with advanced ETL data workflows including technologies such as AWS EMR, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, or Apache Hive/Spark/Airflow

Supervisory experience

Experience with IaC deployment of AKS/EKS/GKE architecture is highly desired

Experience with enterprise Data Lake environments using technologies such as DataBricks or Snowflake

Benefits

Medical

Health savings account (with applicable medical plan)

Dental

Vision

Health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Life insurance

AD&D

Long-term care coverage

Backup care for children and/or adults

Other parental support benefits

Firm-paid life insurance

AD&D

LTD

Short term medical benefits

21 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”)

10 paid holidays each year

Generous parental leave

Fertility benefits

Company

Cooley LLP

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Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation.

Founded in 1920

Palo Alto, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.cooley.com

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