About Kirkland & Ellis At Kirkland & Ellis, we are united in our ambition and drive to move forward. We share core values that help us achieve excellence: collaboration, talent empowerment, service, inclusion, respect and gratitude. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in the brightest talent and encourage a diversity of perspectives and strengths to create dynamic teams that operate at the pinnacle of their field. Our talented professionals show up every day knowing they will engage in meaningful work, continuous learning and professional development. As one of the world's leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and alternative asset management; restructurings; high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation; and government, regulatory and internal investigations. We handle the most complicated and sophisticated legal matters because we don't just meet industry standards, we create them. We bring innovation and entrepreneurialism to every engagement and, as a result, have long-standing client relationships with leading global corporations and financial sponsors. With 6,500 employees (including more than 3,500 lawyers) operating from 21 offices across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we are one of the largest law firms in the world and a top financial performer.
Essential Job Functions - The Infrastructure Architect is responsible for designing the various cloud platforms in conjunction with on-prem services supporting the multiple application stacks that run the business. Provides subject-matter-expertise for current and future planning, technical architectures, models and standards. Working closely with the other members of the architecture team to ensure a cohesive enterprise technology strategy and direction. The position reports to the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - The Infrastructure Architect establishes and leads the technology strategy and technology roadmaps that enable the business. They maintain enterprise level architecture through the stages of planning, design and execution of all new platform buildouts that support our application strategies.
- Lead, develop, and socialize the design, development, and deployment of solutions for cloud migration, application migration, and cloud data security.
- Ensure cloud solutions/deployments are in line with the enterprise architecture strategies and standards across business, data, application, infrastructure, network, and security spaces.
- Review existing architectures to identify technical deficiencies, design gaps, new opportunities, and create actionable recommendation for cloud migration and enhancements.
- Listening, drawing out key concepts and articulating advanced technical and non-technical concepts with ease (both written and oral formats) to customers, peers and management at several levels and across the organization with minimal oversight.
- Proceeds from concept, to design, to leading the implementation of complex, medium to large scale projects.
- Ability to balance the long-term big picture and short term implications of decisions.
- Ability to solicit input from internal and external sources, including the ability to investigate and incorporate best practices from other corporations, experience, and sound judgment.
- Shares best practices, lessons learned and constantly updates the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and upcoming vendor products and solutions.
- Collaborates with other members of the Kirkland management staff and contributes to manager meetings, quarterly summits, etc...
- Does whatever it takes to support the tactical and strategic goals of the team and in the Firm.
Qualifications & Requirements Education, Work Experience, Skills - BS in Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years general technology experience, Law firm experience a plus
- 5+ years high level cloud and on-prem infrastructure design
- In-Depth knowledge in Azure multi-cloud / hybrid environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and migrating on-premise applications and services to those platforms. Other cloud providers platform knowledge (OCI, AWS, GCP) is a bonus.
- Experience with the Microsoft 365 suite including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive for Business
- Experience with IAM, authentication and authorization of applications using Entra, Azure AD, OAuth, (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA and RBAC
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration management tools (e.g., Power-shell, Terraform, Ansible)
- Strong working knowledge of LAN/WAN/SDWAN concepts as they relate to hybrid environments
- Strong understanding of M365 security features and compliance requirements, Microsoft 365 tenant configurations and policies.
- Experience with building and maintaining high-availability (>99%) environments
- Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux server technologies
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in preparing reports, presentations and documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with speed and efficiency is required.
- Ability to travel (domestically and internationally) as necessary
Technologies/Software Certificates, Licensures, Registrations - Technical certifications (e.g., Microsoft MCSA/MCSE; Azure Solutions Architect.) a plus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT This job operates in a professional office environment.
How to Apply Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click Apply Now. Compensation: The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. This range may differ based on your experience and skill set, geographic location, and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We also offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
- New York City - $185,000 - $230,000
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