Sr Engineer, Systems Engineering (Cloud)

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in IT, including 5+ years in engineering and 3+ years as a technical subject matter expert
  • Expert understanding of cloud computing, IAM, and virtual networking
  • Proficient in Azure infrastructure; AWS and GCP experience is a plus
  • Solid skills in PowerShell and automation scripting
  • Strong knowledge of encryption and security best practices
  • Experience troubleshooting with logs in SIEM, SCOM, and related tools
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or similar field

Responsibilities

  • Research and recommend technical solutions for business problems
  • Architect, engineer, and deploy technical solutions with comprehensive design documentation
  • Transition systems to operations with appropriate documentation and staff training
  • Lead technical projects and sub-projects across the department
  • Act as subject matter expert and consultant for internal teams
  • Manage escalated support issues with external vendors and consultants
  • Prioritize and triage tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Disability coverage and life insurance
  • Flexible spending plan
  • 401K plan
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Discretionary year-end bonus
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Technology Architecture & Engineering Department is responsible for worldwide technical strategy, design, implementation, and top level support for all core infrastructure. As part of TA&E, the Systems Engineering group is responsible for integrating various technologies including server OS, virtualization, storage, directories, email, security, and cloud platforms.

We are looking for an experienced and self-motivated cloud engineer. The engineer should have in-depth experience architecting, implementing, optimizing and troubleshooting enterprise scale server environments including cloud based, hybrid and on-prem deployments. This involves all aspects of architecting the environment; sizing, stability, resiliency, security, growth planning, monitoring, etc.

In relation to cloud responsibilities, the engineer will assist in further securing the existing cloud presence and expanding new workloads in the Azure and AWS adhering to best practices.
Primary Responsibilities and/or Essential functions:
  • Research, evaluate, and recommend technical solutions to address business challenges
  • Architect, engineer, and deploy to production technical solutions including detailed architectural design documentation
  • Transition systems from engineering to operations by providing documentation and training to technical staff
  • Lead technical projects and sub-projects across the department
  • Serve as subject matter expert and internal consultant to other technical staff and groups
  • Be the top level responsible party for escalated support, working directly with external vendors and consultants to resolve issues and produce root cause analysis reports
  • Efficiently triage and prioritize tasks, projects and issues in a highly demanding environment
  • Any additional responsibilities as required by management.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Expert understanding of cloud computing and design, IAM, VPC/Azure Landing Zone, and Virtual Networks
  • Expert Azure infrastructure knowledge and experience required; some AWS and/or GCP experience desired
  • Cloud certification a plus
  • Expert understanding of implementing proper health/status monitoring for mission critical systems
  • Solid understanding of PowerShell and general scripting/automation
  • Solid understanding of encryption and security best practices and methods
  • Experience troubleshooting with logs in SIEM, SCOM, and other tools
  • Experience with on-premises hyperconverged environments a plus
  • Good understanding of connectivity in the cloud
  • 10+ years of experience in information technology, including 5+ years of experience in engineering and 3+ years of experience in a technical subject matter
  • Proven experience with large enterprise scale environments
  • Proven desire and ability to learn new technologies
  • Proven success in leading projects
  • Proven focus on customer service and business oriented thinking


Education/Certifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or a similar field


Estimated salary range is $150,000 - $200,000 .Compensation decisions within the range are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case including but not limited to the individual's skills, experience, and qualifications.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP offers a competitive compensation package comprised of base pay and discretionary year-end bonus for eligible employees. Benefits include, but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, disability coverage, life insurance, flexible spending plan and a 401K plan. Weil also offers generous paid time off and holidays.

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