Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Cooley AI is seeking a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer to join the Innovation team.About Cooley AI: Cooley AI is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Cooley LLP. The frontier development arm of the leading technology law firm in the world. Our mission is to bring the best-in-class practices from the technology field into the legal domain to help lead our firm and the legal industry into the AI era. All employees of Cooley AI are employees of Cooley and are seconded to Cooley AI.Position summary: As a leading technology law firm, Cooley is determined to become a leader in the digital practice of law. The DevSecOps Engineer is the primary hands-on builder of the platform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and security tooling. The engineer will turn the architecture into working, automated systems that every developer inherits by default. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:Position ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain secure, reusable infrastructure-as-code modules for cloud environments, including networking, computer, storage, identity, secrets, logging, and monitoring componentsDesign, implement, and support CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, security scanning, artifact management, release approval, and deployment workflows, including SAST, DAST, and penetration testingConfigure observability and monitoring across the stack: infrastructure monitoring, APM, log pipelines, Cloud SIEM detection rules, and compliance dashboardsCoordinate third-party pentestsBuild threat models for new features and productsAll other duties as assigned or requiredRequiredSkills and experience:After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applicationsAbility to work extended and/or weekend hours, as requiredAbility to travel, as required5+ years directly applicable experience in DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or software delivery automation, with hands-on responsibility for infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, cloud security tooling, and production deployment workflowsStrong Terraform skills across AWSExperience building CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions (complex, multi-stage, with security gates)Hands-on with Snyk (or similar) integrated into developer workflows and CIDatadog configuration experience including log management and SIEM featuresComfortable context-switching between IaC, IAM debugging, monitoring configuration, and pipeline troubleshootingPreferredBachelor’s degreeFamiliarity with SOC2 control expectations for change management and monitoring is a strong plusCompetenciesEntrepreneurial by natureExcellent attention to detailExceptional interpersonal and communication skills with ability to facilitate and solve problemsAbility to organize, prioritize and coordinate multiple activities often under tight timelinesAbility to drive projects to completion and achieve goalsStrong judgmentTeam-player with collaborative spiritUnwavering ability to handle and maintain confidentiality regarding firm information, projects,client data (if applicable)High level of professionalism at all timesDemonstrated ability to lead through influence and develop talent [if applicable]Proactive, analytical mindsetEffective presentation skillsCooley LLP offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits program. EOE.The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $165,000 - $215,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate. Senior level candidates may be considered for this position and would be eligible for a higher salary range based on experience.We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.