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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a logical approach to issue identification, diagnosis and service improvement.
Technically curious, with an enthusiasm for understanding a broad set of systems, technologies and operational domains.
Ability to interpret monitoring data, identify patterns and translate operational insight into meaningful improvement activity.
Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and support effective incident response.
Strong commitment to service reliability, operational resilience and excellent customer service.
Commercial acumen, including an understanding of IT service costs, cloud consumption and how technology adds value to the business.
Ability to promote technical standards, automation and reliability practices using clear, business-friendly language.
Personal credibility; highly self-motivated self-starter who will undertake all activities to the highest professional standards.
Excellent communication skills, both orally and written.
Ability to operate within a wider team where there may be ambiguity and conflicting priorities.
Ability to build effective working relationships across a diverse set of internal teams and influence the adoption of monitoring, automation and cloud engineering standards.
Experience of working in a global environment across international locations with an appreciation of multiple cultures.
Practical knowledge of SRE principles, observability, incident response, problem management and operational resilience.
Detailed practical knowledge of Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services, including monitoring, diagnostics, RBAC, networking and automation.
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, source control and pipeline-based delivery using tools such as Bicep, Azure DevOps and GitHub.
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Expected to develop a broad understanding of the technologies, systems and business working practices used by A&O Shearman.
Minimum 4–5 years’ IT experience with at least 2 years’ experience in a cloud operations, infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE or 3rd line support role.
Experience of monitoring, alerting, incident investigation and operational issue identification in a complex technology environment.
Experience of using or implementing monitoring using Elastic is desirable.
Experience using or supporting automation and delivery tooling such as Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub and Ansible.
Experience working with diverse internal teams to improve service supportability, resilience and operational standards.
Experience of working in an ITIL environment.
A&O Shearman is a global law firm formed from the 2024 merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, with approximately 4,000 lawyers across 49 offices in 29 countries. The firm advises on complex cross-border transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters.
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