Senior Cloud Engineer

Aderant•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Aderant is a global industry leading software company providing comprehensive business management solutions for law firms and other professional services organizations with a mission to help them run a better business. We are motivated by a collective desire to drive the legal industry to the forefront of innovation. With over 2,500 clients around the world, including 95 of the top AmLaw 100 firms, we are changing the outside perception of the legal sphere; where there was once resistance to modernization, we are creating a culture that embraces new ideas and technology. At Aderant, the “A” is more than just a letter. It is a representation of how we fulfill our foundational purpose, serving our clients. It embodies our core values and reminds us that to achieve success, every day must start with the “A”. We bring the “A” to life by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. We encourage our diverse teams to bring their whole selves to work – ideas, experience, and passion – to drive our mission forward. Our people are our strength. Aderant is working to mature DevOps processes and automation for our suite of products to support the legal industry, and you will be leading the charge. We support multiple applications on a global scale for thousands of law firms and are dedicated to being best in class with our offerings. We are looking to improve uptime and reliability, reduce application delivery time, improve compliance against industry security standards, manage costs, make our teams’ lives easier through automation and AI usage. We are constantly evolving our strategy to minimize complexity and promote scalability, functionality, and user experience. You will work with our global DevOps team to make this happen.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a Cloud/DevOps/Platform Engineering role
Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience
Kubernetes skills, especially at scale (Certified Kubernetes Administrator or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer certifications a plus)
DevOps and CI/CD tools experience (e.g. – GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.) including deployments to Kubernetes clusters and VMs
Expertise in AWS and Azure, especially compute, networking, storage, identity, and cost management
Proficiency in Python or Go, and scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash)
Hands on Observability tooling experience (Grafana, Datadog, Azure Monitor, etc.)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
Experience with AI tools, such as Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, or CoPilot
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Innovative thinker with strong problem-solving skills
Ability to work effectively independently and in a team-oriented environment
Strong understanding of DevOps processes and interactions

Responsibilities

Contributes to the architecture, solution design, implementation, and/or support of Aderant’s Cloud Products and Offerings
Consultant and trusted advisor to Senior Management for cloud architecture and strategy
Guidance and hands-on contribution to maturing DevOps processes and automation
Infrastructure deployment and automation with Terraform and CloudFormation
Expansion and advancement of multi-cluster Kubernetes ecosystem
Improving CI/CD processes with automation, validation, and monitoring
Cost management through architecture insight and operational oversight
Ensure security posture meets SOC2 standards
Maturing monitoring strategy, including alerting, and improved responsiveness
Develop and maintain documentation for cloud architecture, processes, and procedures
Bring existing industry knowledge and best practices to implement and improve the DevOps posture at scale for the organization
Improving Incident Response processes through hands-on work and automation