Senior Cloud Automation & DevOps Engineer

White & Case

  • Tampa, FL
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Firm SummaryWhite & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.Position SummaryYou will work in a highly dynamic global team and will develop, implement, and operate the worldwide infrastructure for White and Case. Your expertise in design decisions will enable the team to be more efficient through automation development. You will provide guidance towards a uniform best practice approach for technology design and implementation using Cloud technologies.You will share the responsibility for aligning and integrating the global infrastructure technology and methods within the Firm’s complete technology portfolio, particularly around the integration of applications, services, and infrastructure.Our Global Technology Services TeamTechnology at White & Case plays a key role in enabling our lawyers to practice law around the world.Our team comprises of three functions: Business Services – who maintain, develop and support our enterprise systems, Operations – who design, build and support our communications and data center operations, and Support Services – who provide desktop, meeting and training support in the Firm’s offices. Together we support our lawyers with leading edge technology and systems to deliver elite legal and best-in-class client service.Globally minded, our team covers a range of technical disciplines and business skill sets. This encompasses business analysts, data architects, application developers and engineering staff covering a range of technologies that include virtualization, cloud, networking, storage, collaboration services and security. We deploy the latest technology and hardware within our state-of-the-art offices. Our technical support staff support and train our people in the latest hardware and operating systems, remote working capability and mobile devices. Our Shared Services centers provide Service Desk and Operation Centers that providing support and monitoring of Firm systems 24 x 7.Working closely with our business services colleagues in support of the Firm’s Finance, HR, Marketing and Knowledge Information Technology systems, Global Technology Services is at the heart of the Firm’s global operations.Duties and Accountabilities1
  • Work within a team focused on infrastructure automation and efficiency, following the principles of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Design, deploy, and manage infrastructure across both AWS and Azure, ensuring consistent governance, scalability, and security posture
  • Collaborate with application teams to assess and enhance cloud readiness, facilitating smooth deployment and operations in Azure and AWS
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment and testing of infrastructure and applications using GitLab or similar platforms.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts that integrate cloud services with enterprise tools such as CyberArk, Duo, and other identity or security platforms
  • Write Terraform code to deploy infrastructure as code, following community and internal best practices
  • Create Ansible playbooks and workflows to automate infrastructure and business processes
  • Architect cloud infrastructure solutions with an emphasis on security, reliability, and usability
  • Review code contributions from team members in GitLab, providing constructive feedback and suggestions
  • Collaborate on or lead initiatives involving the integration and management of complex datacenter environments composed of multiple vendors and platforms; provide technical leadership and guidance in these areas
Qualifications
  • Experience architecting Azure infrastructure from concept to deployment using IAC
  • Experience architecting AWS infrastructure from concept to deployment using IAC
  • Experience writing reusable terraform modules (Azure related modules are a plus)
  • Intermediate proficiency in Python for scripting and automation tasks
  • Hands-on experience managing infrastructure in both Azure and AWS, including tenant configuration and governance.
  • Experience writing Ansible playbooks and familiarity with Ansible tower or AWX a plus
  • Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar tools to support infrastructure and application delivery
  • Experience with Docker and containerized workloads; Kubernetes experience is highly preferred
  • Strong background in application and infrastructure design, with demonstrated conceptual thinking
  • Professional experience in working effectively with business stakeholders, project managers, technology teams and end users in a cross-cultural environment
  • Possess effective communication skills and has extensive experience with facilitating regular touchpoint calls/meetings/Teams sessions
  • Self-motivator, independent, cooperative, flexible, and creative
  • Ability to travel or work overtime, as needed
  • Fluency in English
  • International experience a plus
Location and Reporting
  • This is a Technology Applications role currently based in Tampa, with potential for international travel,
  • This role reports to the Team Lead, Platform Engineering.
Notice to Recruitment AgenciesOur internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction. Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the Americas Lateral Recruitment team.Equal OpportunitiesWhite & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact .Benefits at White & CaseWhite & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.1The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

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