IT Database and Web Platform Engineer

Job Title

IT Database and Web Platform Engineer - 6 Months Fixed Term Contract

Information Technology

Birmingham or London

Senior Manager Messaging Data and Collaboration Services

35 hours per week 9 : 30am to 5 : 30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice on deep industry knowledge and on our one team global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas Asia-Pacific Europe the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the worlds major financial and commercial markets we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

In the UK Hogan Lovells has offices in Birmingham and London. The Birmingham office opened in 2015 and has a number of practice areas including Corporate / Commercial Construction Finance Litigation Arbitration and Employment (LAE) and Real Estate as well as our Legal Delivery Centre and Business Team.

The Information Infrastructure team is responsible globally for the design development management architecture operation and full lifecycle of all of the firms information infrastructure.

This includes but not limited to Dev Ops SQL Server configuration and performance web application infrastructure and support SharePoint architecture and infrastructure reporting infrastructure Single sign-on (SSO) and Azure Cloud Services. The team works very closely with IT Application groups and across all Business Services functions to deliver changes to key platforms and systems.

Provide third-line support to a rich array of high profile legal and information systems which are fundamental to the firm.

Proactive management and analysis of the global server estate which encompasses web SSO SharePoint and SQL server infrastructure and identify opportunities for improvement.

Ensure the design and architecture of web SharePoint Azure Cloud Services and SSO infrastructure meets the underlying service level targets.

Daily monitoring and optimisation adhering to Microsoft best practice guidelines to ensure all servers and environment are performing to their optimal ability.

Deep dive technical troubleshooting when issues are escalated by support functions.

Technology and system innovation to ensure current systems are kept up-to-date and within software and hardware supported guidelines and recommendations.

Work collaboratively with other Business Services and vendor teams with a focus on prompt delivery of deployments support and continually improvement to service offerings in a rapidly changing environment.

Provide support and direction on the firms SQL estate SharePoint estate Azure Cloud Services SSO and identity management working with Business Service teams and vendors in supporting and improving the service offerings.

Manage Azure Cloud Services SSO and SQL estate globally ensuring availability load balancing and disaster recovery solutions are operational.

Manage web and SharePoint farm estate globally ensuring operational uptime and deliver improvement to services through code releases and deployments.

Deliver code releases platform upgrades and deployments to the firms infrastructure ensuring work meets change process and delivery standards.

Seek to improve performance levels by taking advantage of new technology and anticipating changes in market practices industry trends process trends etc.

Review and improve processes regularly; identify inefficiencies and improve operational processes through system documentation and knowledge…