Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

​* Simple Staffing is hiring for this position on behalf of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati *

The Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, under the direction of the Senior manager of Infrastructure will collaborate with our internal IT teams to design, analyze, and maintain several key aspects within our firmwide cloud footprint. The Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer should be a well-rounded professional who can work well across teams and have excellent time management skills to balance various workloads and responsibilities.  This person will lead efforts to design, architect, advise and implement various workflows and services related to cloud platforms.  This person will work to ensure our systems and architecture complies with our security standards, policies, and risk guidance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as the technical subject matter expert and sounding board for questions and decisions related to Microsoft Azure and other Cloud solutions.
• Bridge the gap between the IT Infrastructure team and IT Applications team as it relates to integrating application development and IT Infrastructure leveraging primarily Microsoft technologies such as Azure DevOps, Power Platform, Graph API, Foundry, as well as new technologies as they are released.
• Ensure that solutions that are built follow vendor best practices for performance, cost, data protection, and security.
• Assist in the development of technology roadmaps, covering lifecycle planning, capacity planning, obsolescence, availability of support, and vendor roadmaps.
• Perform root cause analysis to quickly recover from service interruptions, and to prevent recurring problems in the environment.
• Create and maintain clear documentation on services and applications.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience as a senior cloud systems administrator or comparable experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing and designing Azure environments. Advanced knowledge Azure best practices as it relates to deployment, scaling, data protection, and security.
• 5+ years of experience managing Kubernetes clusters. Advanced knowledge of container technologies such as Kubernetes and how it integrates with other components within an Azure tenant.
• 5+ years of experience with application development pipelines and integration with IT Infrastructure.
• 4+ years of Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform or Bicep.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure and it’s integration with other Microsoft cloud based solutions.
• Functional understanding of application development solutions such as Logic and Functional apps as it relates to integration with various components of IT Infrastructure.
• Functional understanding of Azure DevOps & CI/CD.
• Experience with Power Platform, Azure DevOps, Foundry, Copilot, Graph API, Logic Apps, Function Apps.
• Experience planning and designing cycle projects (feasibility, planning, outline design, stakeholder management).
• Experience as a 'bridge-builder' who establishes relationships between different functional teams.
• Comfortable presenting to large groups and is an expert at explaining technical concepts to non-technical audience.
• Self-starter, take charge, highly motivated, positive demeanor and able to juggle multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Experience with the legal vertical preferred.
• BA preferred.