The role:
At Simmons & Simmons LLP, our staff and our clients are at the forefront of everything we do. To continue to build on this foundation and to promote our successful data strategy, we are recruiting a talented and experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team on a 12 month fixed term contract.
You will be responsible for deploying product updates, identifying production issues and implementing cloud integrations to meet out growing needs as a business.
As a member of such a dynamic team, you should be an effective communicator and a resilient, resourceful person. Ideally conversant with the ideas contained in appropriate best practice processes and documentation frameworks, such as ITIL. You should also be able to work independently and be self-motivated.
What will you do:
Build, deploy, maintain and lead the implementation of Cloud solutions across the public cloud offering using infrastructure as a code (pipeline and Bicep).
Participate in technology evaluation and reengineering teams to support strategy-definition and continuous process improvement activities.
Assist with implementing the technology, direction, vision, and cloud strategy in line with our cloud first approach.
Implement and refine cloud future state architectures and roadmaps including architecture standards, guidelines, and industry best practices.
Act as a technical project lead around further software defined services and offerings.
Develop, enhance, and maintain automation of cloud enablement tools.
Recognize and resolve all business issues and impact.
Assess urgency of issues and facilitate follow-up and resolution accordingly including service quality initiatives to support a “five nines” product availability environment.
Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required; maintain cloud environmental and monitoring resources.
Participate in the design, implementation and management of workload automation initiatives.
Adhere to firm Change Management, Problem Management policies and familiarity with ITIL or other formalised IT operations foundations.
Maintain all operational documentation, manuals, policies and procedures kept in the Wiki.
Identify, suggest and action any continual improvements, enhancement and benefits towards our cloud technologies, specifically: cost management (TCO), optimisation and security hardening.
Collaborate with internal network team, security team and CISO to ensure security posture is well maintained and remains complainant.
What we are looking for:
Good understanding of TCP/IP, Azure virtual networking, including of the following: VNETs, VWAN, Express Route and Virtual Network Gateways, (P2S and S2S), Hub & Spoke Network Topology, VPN Failover.
Good Understanding of Application Gateways, Load Balancer, Azure Firewall and Front Door.
Good Understanding of Azure Security Principals, including Managed Identities, Key Vault, Conditional Access and Azure Security Centre.
Good Knowledge of Azure Compute, Storage, Webapps, Azure Migrate (ASR), Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup.
DevOps experience working with any of the following: infrastructure as a code, Bicep, ARM or Terraform. Knowledge of Azure DevOPs, specifically Pipelines and Version control (Git).
An understanding of the Agile SCRUM framework.
3+ Years experience in an engineering role (ideally).
Azure based Certification - Associate or above (ideally).
Good Knowledge of SQL Databases (ideally).
Excellent Knowledge of the Windows Stack (essential).
Problem-solving attitude.
Collaborative team spirit.
Motivational technical leadership.
Here at Simmons & Simmons:
Simmons & Simmons is a place where dynamic minds thrive. Our culture is built on work that matters, you will work on inspirational and thought-provoking projects, using your influence to create positive impact for our clients, society and the planet. We also ensure that everyone’s voice is heard from day one, irrespective of job title, qualification, or background. You’ll be encouraged to have an enquiring mind and share ideas that can drive the firm forward. Through innovative learning and development opportunities, you will be provided with a platform to excel, enabling you to exceed your career ambitions and do things you never thought were possible.
Some key information:
We offer a competitive package including bonuses dependant on role/level, private medical insurance and pension contribution.
Our global skills academy provides our people, regardless of their role and location, with excellent learning opportunities (including live workshops, podcasts, short videos and practical learning experiences).
We have adopted a hybrid working approach with a requirement for a minimum of three days in the office with flexibility dependant on role/team/client demands.
We bring together the best legal advice from our established legal teams with non-traditional capabilities via Simmons & Simmons Solutions that enhance, expand and differentiate the Simmons offering.
We are proud to rank as a Stonewall Top Global Employer and a Top 75 Employer for Social Mobility.
We have a range of social and sports committees, summer and winter parties and monthly get togethers.
We have a range of diversity networks to connect people and celebrate our differences which is integral to our inclusive culture.
All UK offices have their own artwork collections – including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin pieces in the London office. We have a long-standing history in supporting the art community especially up-and-coming artists.
We have recently introduced a Strategic Advisory Council which is a mix of associates and business services who will propose strategic initiatives that align with our firm's mission and support the delivery of our Business Plan, shaping the future of our next-generation law firm.
Equal opportunities:
We are committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion within our firm and to ensuring equal employment opportunities. We believe that this commitment creates a vibrant and rewarding work environment. We are therefore committed to:
Upholding equal opportunities, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity, marital status, or pregnancy, including maternity and paternity. This commitment extends to addressing any instances of perceived or associative discrimination and harassment. We also ensure fair treatment during recruitment and selection processes for those who are serving or have served in the armed forces, along with their families.
Accommodating requests for flexible working arrangements whenever possible. We encourage you to discuss your needs with us if this is something you require.
Making our roles accessible to individuals with diverse abilities. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know so we can meet your needs.
We offer a range of employee networks to support our colleagues. More information about these networks can be found in the D&I Information booklet that candidates are sent when invited to interview.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We are looking for individuals who are passionate and eager to learn and grow with us. Your unique experiences and perspectives could be a great addition to our team.
If you’re interested in finding out more about this position, please contact the Recruitment Team . To apply for the role, click on the link at the bottom of the page or visit our career page for more details.