IT Database and Web Platform Engineer

Position: IT Database and Web Platform Engineer - 6 Months Fixed Term Contract
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** Job Title
** IT Database and Web Platform Engineer - 6 Months Fixed Term Contract
** Department
* * Information Technology
** Office Location
** Birmingham or London
** Reports To
** Senior Manager, Messaging, Data and Collaboration Services
** Working Hours
** 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.
** Firm Description
** 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 world's 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  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.
** Department Description
** The Information Infrastructure team is responsible globally for the design, development, management, architecture, operation, and full lifecycle of all of the firm’s 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.
** Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
*** 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 firm’s 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 firm’s 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 articles in the firm’s CMDB.
* Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services.
** All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.
*** Person Specification
** Qualifications and Training
* Extensive administration and understanding of SharePoint, Web, SQL, and SSO.
* Applied knowledge of native SQL…