King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.

Are you passionate about tackling complex technical challenges in a dynamic cloud environment? Join our team as a Senior Microsoft Azure Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping our cloud infrastructure.
•KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provision Azure Resources: Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and other server software. Leverage deployment automation tools and custom deployment scripts appropriately.
• Identity and Access Management: Administer identity and access management leveraging a Least Privileged Access approach. This includes management of Azure subscription role access controls, Active Directory, Key Vaults, Single Sign On (SSO), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), and cryptographic certificates.
• Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources: Set applicable monitoring thresholds and alerts, ensure appropriate events are logged, and ensure vulnerability scans are in place, running regularly, and results are appropriately acted upon.
• Cloud Security and Threat Management: Manage Cisco firewalls and site-to-site Virtual Private Network (VPN), Azure's Network Security Groups (NSG), network routing tables, and Domain Name System (DNS).
• Backup and Recovery: Manage and monitor backup and recovery systems, including facilitation of an annual disaster recovery exercise.
• Product Subject Matter Expert (SME): Act as a product SME with other teams across the enterprise and product customers. Respond to inquiries, initiate technical discussions, and actively participate in technical forum
• Storage Management: Create and manage storage accounts. Monitor data utilization and performance. Participate in data destruction activities appropriately.
• System Performance Monitoring: Proactively monitor system performance and respond to alerts promptly to meet or exceed high availability goals (Datadog, cloud audit trail).
• Documentation: Document system designs and operational procedures, ensuring they are up-to-date and accessible (Lucid, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams).
• Evaluation of Emerging Technologies: Participate in the evaluation of emerging technologies and tools, recommending solutions that drive innovation and technical excellence.
• Automation and AI/ML: Leverage AI/ML technologies to enhance automation, improve system diagnostics, and optimize operational workflows.
• Security and Compliance: Implement security measures and compliance protocols to safeguard our systems and data.
• Collaborative Development: Collaborate with software development, QA, and product teams to align requirements and expedite software releases (Datadog Synthetics, Selenium).
• Communication: Effectively articulate complex problems, concepts, and solutions to varied audiences.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive improvements in productivity, quality, and reliability.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required, Computer Science or related technical degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in software development and/or technology infrastructure and operations.
• Proven experience in managing Azure cloud infrastructure services with success in the following areas: Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Active Directory interconnections, and RBAC.
• Azure networking including site-to-site VPN, subnetting, vnets, routing, Network Address Translation (NAT), and DNS.
• Azure storage accounts, disk performance and encryption, disk redundancy and striping.
• Azure resource utilization and consumption, baselines, alerts, and metrics.
• Azure authentication technologies (including SAML).
• Azure security safeguards and controls.
• Microsoft SQL Server in Azure.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Expert integration experience (Mulesoft experience is a plus).
• TOGAF Certification.
• Expert Azure Certifications.

The firm offers a generous total compensation package with bonuses and raises awarded in recognition of individual merit-based performance. Eligible employees may participate in King & Spalding's comprehensive benefit program including health and wellness plan, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and a health savings account, a 401(k) plan, profit sharing plan, discount programs, and a substantial Paid Time Off (PTO) program.

King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.

We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.