Infra & Ops Engineer II — Hybrid & Azure Security

DLA Piper; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

DLA Piper is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to build, manage and operate its global infrastructure. The role supports the Firm’s applications, security, disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.

The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with flexible locations across U.S. offices and a 24x7 on-call rotation. Strong troubleshooting and Azure AD expertise are required.

Qualifications

• High School or GED required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred.
• 5 years' experience with Active Directory, computer storage and networking.

Responsibilities

• Builds, manages, monitors, secures and operates the firm's infrastructure systems and environments.
• Ensures that the systems for the firm, to include global integration points and Cloud systems are available and functioning properly at all times.
• Performs hands-on configuration.
• Creates and maintains system documentation.
• Participates and/or leads disaster recovery planning, implementation, testing and validation.
• Participates in vendor relationships.
• Performs daily monitoring and support of the Firm’s systems, applications and ensuring availability and stability of systems.
• Participates in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Performs daily monitoring and required maintenance to keep systems highly available, highly stable and always performing optimally.
• Proactively identifies needs for improvements, capacity changes and upgrades.
• Plans and implements upgrades and patches to stay on current versions.
• Resolves escalated cases from other Engineers and Helpdesk. Performs fault resolution and root‑cause diagnosis.

Skills

Azure Active Directory

DNS

WINS

DHCP

Network topologies

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

UC & Collaboration tech

Senior technical skills

Communication skills

Education

High School or GED

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Active Directory

Job description

DLA Piper is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to build, manage and operate its global infrastructure. The role supports the Firm’s applications, security, disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.

The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with flexible locations across U.S. offices and a 24x7 on-call rotation. Strong troubleshooting and Azure AD expertise are required.