{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"fe764bbbdc4a24afb22954d0","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fe764bbbdc4a24afb22954d0","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fe764bbbdc4a24afb22954d0","title":"Senior Technology Development Operations Manager","description":"Cooley is seeking a Senior DevOps Manager to join the Infrastructure & Development Operations team.\nPosition summary: The Senior Technology Development Operations (DevOps) Manager is responsible for leading the team that designs, architects, deploys, tests, maintains, and documents the DevOps technology stack. This stack is responsible for facilitating a secure, CI/CD-enabled, and highly available SaaS-based delivery and hosting environment for Cooley's custom applications. The Senior DevOps Manager will build and deploy green-field solutions where needed, and otherwise will primarily work to improve the efficiency, security, and availability/reliability of the enterprise DevOps and related infrastructure. This role will work in an integrated fashion with the development teams to build in-depth knowledge of the products and code, attending daily stand-ups as needed. In addition to being technically advanced, this position will use a high degree of emotional intelligence and the ability to work as a team towards complex and layered objectives. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:\nPosition responsibilities:\nProvide experienced leadership in developing solutions for highly scalable, highly available, hybrid cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) infrastructure patterns and platform integrations across physical colocations and hyperscalers (AWS and Azure)\nManage, build, configure, administer, operate, and maintain all components that comprise our DevOps environment\nLeverage industry standard Frameworks and Blueprints as a foundation to create best-in-class Terraform IaC module libraries\nLead the evolution of our DevOps and DevSecOps practice maturity\nAct as a key member of the infrastructure architecture team to identify optimization opportunities throughout the infrastructure\nDefine, document, and enforce configuration standards and governance through IaC\nDevelop, test, deploy, and optimize DevOps IaC code deployment pipelines and practices\nProvision automation using CI/CD (DevOps Pipelines) and IaC (Terraform) tooling\nServe as a technical escalation point\nWork with our development and data teams to integrate products into a DevOps-managed environment\nDevelop and maintain scripts to automate tool/service deployments to our Hybrid Cloud environment through DevOps Pipelines and Releases\nParticipate in software releases and deployments\nContribute to the design, update, refinement, and documentation of operational processes\nProvide technical mentorship and educate team members as a subject matter expert on IaC, containerization, and CI/CD\nBrainstorm new ideas and ways to improve product delivery and efficiency\nConsult peer teams for feedback during the design, testing, and implementation stages\nServe as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports\nProvide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned work hours and monitor for compliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage, review and process time logs/time off requests\nSupport business professional development and continued educational opportunities\nIn collaboration with immediate supervisor and HR, participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events\nAll other duties as assigned or required\nSkills and experience:\nRequired:\nAfter orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications\nAbility to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required\nAbility to travel, as required\n7+ years of relevant experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps with 2+ years of exempt/management experience in relevant roles\nProficiency in AWS or Azure architecture, configuration, and security\nSkilled in CI/CD pipeline design using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions\nStrong Terraform expertise, including advanced workflows and tools like Terragrunt\nExperience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD)\nFamiliarity with microservices deployment and release automation\nHands-on with .NET Core containers on Linux and scripting in Linux/Windows\nKnowledge of open-source and NoSQL databases (e.g., MS SQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch)\nExperience with APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) and IaC security tools (Snyk, tfsec)\nPreferred:\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or associated discipline\nExperience working with advanced ETL data workflows including technologies such as AWS EMR, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, or Apache Hive/Spark/Airflow\nSupervisory experience\nExperience with IaC deployment of AKS/EKS/GKE architecture is highly desired\nExperience with enterprise Data Lake environments using technologies such as DataBricks or Snowflake\nCompetencies:\nExpert analytical/quantitative, problem-solving, and deductive reasoning skills, with experience performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex technical issues\nExcellent organizational, planning, and time management skills and ability to work either independently or in a team environment to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines\nAdvanced verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely\nExperience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and vendors with ability to build effective relationships through trust and diplomacy\nCooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.\nEOE.\nThe expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $180,000 - $255,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.\nWe 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.","company":"Cooleyll","rawCompany":"cooleyll","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T10:28:51.991Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Technology Development Operations Manager","description":"Cooley is seeking a Senior DevOps Manager to join the Infrastructure & Development Operations team.\nPosition summary: The Senior Technology Development Operations (DevOps) Manager is responsible for leading the team that designs, architects, deploys, tests, maintains, and documents the DevOps technology stack. This stack is responsible for facilitating a secure, CI/CD-enabled, and highly available SaaS-based delivery and hosting environment for Cooley's custom applications. The Senior DevOps Manager will build and deploy green-field solutions where needed, and otherwise will primarily work to improve the efficiency, security, and availability/reliability of the enterprise DevOps and related infrastructure. This role will work in an integrated fashion with the development teams to build in-depth knowledge of the products and code, attending daily stand-ups as needed. In addition to being technically advanced, this position will use a high degree of emotional intelligence and the ability to work as a team towards complex and layered objectives. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:\nPosition responsibilities:\nProvide experienced leadership in developing solutions for highly scalable, highly available, hybrid cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) infrastructure patterns and platform integrations across physical colocations and hyperscalers (AWS and Azure)\nManage, build, configure, administer, operate, and maintain all components that comprise our DevOps environment\nLeverage industry standard Frameworks and Blueprints as a foundation to create best-in-class Terraform IaC module libraries\nLead the evolution of our DevOps and DevSecOps practice maturity\nAct as a key member of the infrastructure architecture team to identify optimization opportunities throughout the infrastructure\nDefine, document, and enforce configuration standards and governance through IaC\nDevelop, test, deploy, and optimize DevOps IaC code deployment pipelines and practices\nProvision automation using CI/CD (DevOps Pipelines) and IaC (Terraform) tooling\nServe as a technical escalation point\nWork with our development and data teams to integrate products into a DevOps-managed environment\nDevelop and maintain scripts to automate tool/service deployments to our Hybrid Cloud environment through DevOps Pipelines and Releases\nParticipate in software releases and deployments\nContribute to the design, update, refinement, and documentation of operational processes\nProvide technical mentorship and educate team members as a subject matter expert on IaC, containerization, and CI/CD\nBrainstorm new ideas and ways to improve product delivery and efficiency\nConsult peer teams for feedback during the design, testing, and implementation stages\nServe as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports\nProvide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned work hours and monitor for compliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage, review and process time logs/time off requests\nSupport business professional development and continued educational opportunities\nIn collaboration with immediate supervisor and HR, participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events\nAll other duties as assigned or required\nSkills and experience:\nRequired:\nAfter orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications\nAbility to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required\nAbility to travel, as required\n7+ years of relevant experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps with 2+ years of exempt/management experience in relevant roles\nProficiency in AWS or Azure architecture, configuration, and security\nSkilled in CI/CD pipeline design using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions\nStrong Terraform expertise, including advanced workflows and tools like Terragrunt\nExperience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD)\nFamiliarity with microservices deployment and release automation\nHands-on with .NET Core containers on Linux and scripting in Linux/Windows\nKnowledge of open-source and NoSQL databases (e.g., MS SQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch)\nExperience with APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) and IaC security tools (Snyk, tfsec)\nPreferred:\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or associated discipline\nExperience working with advanced ETL data workflows including technologies such as AWS EMR, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, or Apache Hive/Spark/Airflow\nSupervisory experience\nExperience with IaC deployment of AKS/EKS/GKE architecture is highly desired\nExperience with enterprise Data Lake environments using technologies such as DataBricks or Snowflake\nCompetencies:\nExpert analytical/quantitative, problem-solving, and deductive reasoning skills, with experience performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex technical issues\nExcellent organizational, planning, and time management skills and ability to work either independently or in a team environment to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines\nAdvanced verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely\nExperience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and vendors with ability to build effective relationships through trust and diplomacy\nCooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.\nEOE.\nThe expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $180,000 - $255,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.\nWe 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.","datePosted":"2026-04-14T10:28:51.991Z","dateModified":"2026-04-14T10:28:51.991Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cooleyll","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Millbrae","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"fe764bbbdc4a24afb22954d0"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fe764bbbdc4a24afb22954d0"}}