Senior DevOps & Cloud Platform Lead

Cooley LLP; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooley LLP is seeking a Senior Technology Development Operations Manager to lead a DevOps-driven team responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining a secure, CI/CD-enabled SaaS hosting environment. You will work across AWS/Azure, implement IaC patterns, and guide DevSecOps practices while partnering with development teams to improve efficiency and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership, architectural excellence, and mentoring to build scalable platforms and secure deployments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience with 2+ years of exempt/management experience

Responsibilities

• Lead development of highly scalable, available hybrid cloud infrastructure across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Maintain, administer, and optimize DevOps environment components
• Develop Terraform IaC libraries and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Advance DevOps/DevSecOps maturity and governance
• Collaborate with product teams to integrate into DevOps-managed environments
• Mentor and supervise direct reports and drive performance

Skills

AWS architecture

Azure architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitOps

Helm

NET Core

Linux scripting

SQL databases

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

APM tools

Security tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terragrunt

Datadog

tfsec

Job description

Cooley LLP is seeking a Senior Technology Development Operations Manager to lead a DevOps-driven team responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining a secure, CI/CD-enabled SaaS hosting environment. You will work across AWS/Azure, implement IaC patterns, and guide DevSecOps practices while partnering with development teams to improve efficiency and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership, architectural excellence, and mentoring to build scalable platforms and secure deployments.