Senior Azure Engineer

Milbank LLP is a premier international law firm that has been providing innovative legal solutions for over 150 years. The firm is headquartered in New York City and has offices in 11 other locations worldwide, including Los Angeles. Milbank is known for its work in corporate finance and restructuring, litigation, and project finance. The firm has represented prominent multinational financial, industrial, and commercial enterprises, governments, institutions, and individuals. Milbank has handled many of the world's largest and most complex corporate transactions and disputes. The firm has a strong focus on the energy sector. Milbank has been advising clients on high-profile, complex cases and business transactions through its 12 offices worldwide.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Azure Engineer with a strong background with Azure infrastructure management and enterprise level design with a focus on Azure automation and governance. As a Senior Azure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's Azure-based infrastructure. This individual will also be responsible for the execution of projects, optimization of the compute infrastructure and be an escalation point for any operational issues resulting from service outages.

* Design, develop, and deploy automation solutions using Azure technologies and services.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify automation opportunities and define requirements.
* Establish foundational Azure environments, including governance, security, compliance, and networking configurations.
* Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, ARM templates, or other relevant tools to streamline deployment and management processes.
* Design and manage role-based access control (RBAC) and identity management solutions.
* Conduct regular audits and assessments to identify and mitigate risks.
* Stay up to date with the latest trends and features with Azure and Office 365.

The anticipated base salary range offered for this role will be between $140,000 to $160,000 and represents the firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base compensation range. Actual base compensation will be dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, performance, qualifications, degrees, and location, as well as the needs of the firm.

* Architect solutions that are scalable, resilient, and highly available to meet business needs.
* Conduct an evaluation of existing cloud architecture with an emphasis on automation and governance best practices design.
* Working knowledge of native Azure Platform tools and service tools such as Azure Policies, Conditional Access, and Monitor/LogAnalytics.
* Infrastructure-as-code approaches, role-specific automation tools and associated programming languages (e.g., Bicep, ARM, Terraform, and PowerShell)
* Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
* Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
* Working knowledge of native Azure Platform tools such as Azure Policies, Conditional Access, NSGs, RBAC, and Identity Governance.
* Understanding of Azure cloud networking (e.g., Subnetting, Route Tables, Security Groups, VPC, vNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, optimizing for egress costs)