Cloud Solutions Architect
Ropes & Gray LLP5 months ago
Boston, MA, USA +3 moreSenior
Base Salary
$146k - $232k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions.
- Apply security best practices across cloud and on-premises environments, remediate vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and manage identity, access, conditional access, zero trust, and least-privilege controls.
- Plan, test, document, and support disaster recovery capabilities and assess the DR impact of cloud, server, and storage decisions.
- Lead network enhancement, monitoring, troubleshooting, and problem-resolution activities.
- Monitor and alert on servers and services using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Microsoft Sentinel.
- Create and review architecture and solution design documentation and provide technical leadership and guidance to team members.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for complex issues and collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, management, and cross-regional teams.
- Support cloud and on-premises technologies, manage priorities, and contribute to infrastructure initiatives and IT strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in corporate cloud or on-premises network environments.
- Proven expertise designing, building, and managing Microsoft Azure cloud solutions; AWS and Google Cloud Platform experience is preferred.
- Strong proficiency with Linux deployments, management, and cloud-native application configurations, with container and orchestration experience using Kubernetes and Docker as a plus.
- Deep understanding of cloud computing across compute, storage, databases, messaging, networking, and security, plus DNS, DHCP, Azure Active Directory, and file and directory permissions.
- Experience with disaster recovery planning and Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, Azure Migrate, and Azure VMware Solution.
- Hands-on administration of VMware vSphere, NSX, Tanzu, and hybrid identity configurations involving Microsoft Entra ID and Entra Connect.
- Ability to produce and review architecture documentation, provide technical leadership, work with senior management, and support major infrastructure initiatives.
- Strong customer service, project management, analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple offices and culturally diverse teams while managing shifting priorities and deadlines.
- Strong understanding of secure cloud infrastructure, application runtime environments, and distributed fault-tolerant systems.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and well-being benefits.
- Personal and professional development and career growth opportunities.
- Collegial and supportive culture.
- Eligible for a discretionary performance-based bonus.
- Hybrid on-site presence is required, with consistent and predictable attendance in the office.
- Some travel to other offices and occasional on-call duties are required.
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About Ropes & Gray LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm that provides corporate, litigation, regulatory, and IP counsel to private equity sponsors, asset managers, life sciences and healthcare companies, and large enterprises. The partnership advises on private equity, M&A, finance, privacy/cybersecurity, and government enforcement matters through offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Headquartered in New York and privately held, it operates as a partnership serving clients in major financial and technology centers worldwide.