Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer

Licensed sponsor London Full-time Posted 1 day ago

Technology Services team is integral to maintaining the Firm’s overall technology, mobile and desktop devices, and core infrastructure to ensure reliable, secure and efficient operations. Technology Services is a single global operation with representation in each of the Firm’s offices. Additionally, we have shared service centers in Tampa and Manila, supporting a wide range of technologies and operations.

In addition to overseeing critical enterprise systems and providing world-class client service to our global user community, we are committed to achieving a balance between new and innovative technologies while constantly ensuring data security and compliance with legal and regulatory standards, resulting in realizing value from the latest developments in technology, such as generative artificial intelligence and cloud computing models, while safeguarding sensitive client information against cyber threats and other business interruption events.

Technology Services plays a significant role in supporting the Firm’s systems and people.

Position Summary

You 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.

Duties And Accountabilities

The roles and responsibilities of this job include

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

The qualifications for this job include

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

This role reports to

Manager, Platform Engineering

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, 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.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us. We will be happy to work with you.

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

Note to Recruitment Agencies

Our internal Recruitment team manages all aspects of lateral hiring. All agencies must have signed terms of business—specific to the relevant office—before submitting any candidates. CVs or applications sent directly to White & Case partners or employees will also not be considered formal introductions. If you have questions, please contact the relevant Recruitment team. We work with our preferred suppliers when engaging agencies.