Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Chief Technology Officer
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Overview
Chief Technology Officer at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM). The CTO serves as a strategic partner, supporting the Firm's leadership team and providing direction and insight into the Firm's technology operations. The CTO will lead a team that delivers a culture of excellence enabling everyone at JMBM to do their best work. Responsibilities
Develop technology road map and long/short term departmental goals. Provide project management oversight and coaching for all IT initiatives. Maintain a satisfactory level of technical skill department-wide, by keeping up with current trends and developments related to positions. Ensure end-user involvement in technology decisions. Manage vendor/consultant contracts and vendor/consultant service engagements for all technology and systems used by the Firm. Manage complex software licensing and maintenance agreements. Infrastructure & Security
Design, implement and support the network infrastructure, applications and related technologies (physical, virtual and cloud) throughout the organization. Virtualization – VMware vSphere 6 or newer Storage (SAN) – Block & File Networking - Firewalls, Switching, Wireless, MPLS, SD-WAN Public and Private Cloud technologies – Azure, AWS and VMware on AWS Data Protection – Backup, BCDR, and Replication technologies Active Directory – AD DS, DNS, DHCP, GPO Messaging – Exchange (2013 or newer), Office 365, Spam/Content filtering Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions and Mobile Endpoint Protection Automation technologies – SCCM, Powershell, etc. Monitoring of all firm’s systems inclusive of virtualization, networking, storage, and systems applications Datacenter Operations – Planning and execution of Co-located datacenters Applications/Desktop & User Support Services
Identify user needs, resolve problems and direct the IT team to provide high-quality, consistently available computer service, support, training and maintenance of technology systems; ensuring attorneys and staff have the appropriate tools to satisfy practice needs. Knowledge and experience with DMS – iManage; Desktop Applications – MS Office, HotDocs, Workshare, CCC Macro, Nuance, SnagIt; Specialty Applications – Relativity, CPI, InterAction; Remote Access – VM Horizon; Financial Systems – Aderant; Telephony – Cisco VoIP Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field Minimum 10 years of IT support experience in a production environment IT governance certification preferred (ITIL/COBIT) Experience working in a law firm or legal department is preferred Experience leveraging ITIL best practices Experience managing an enterprise Microsoft computing environment, VMware infrastructure, cloud-computing environments (AWS/Azure), and IT change management Experience managing vendors, contracts, and technical consultants Experience using and managing IT incident and problem management solutions Position: Exempt Location: Century City. 5 days onsite for the first 90-days, then 4 days per week onsite, 1 day remote thereafter. Salary: $280k - $320k base
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Chief Technology Officer at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM). The CTO serves as a strategic partner, supporting the Firm's leadership team and providing direction and insight into the Firm's technology operations. The CTO will lead a team that delivers a culture of excellence enabling everyone at JMBM to do their best work. Responsibilities
Develop technology road map and long/short term departmental goals. Provide project management oversight and coaching for all IT initiatives. Maintain a satisfactory level of technical skill department-wide, by keeping up with current trends and developments related to positions. Ensure end-user involvement in technology decisions. Manage vendor/consultant contracts and vendor/consultant service engagements for all technology and systems used by the Firm. Manage complex software licensing and maintenance agreements. Infrastructure & Security
Design, implement and support the network infrastructure, applications and related technologies (physical, virtual and cloud) throughout the organization. Virtualization – VMware vSphere 6 or newer Storage (SAN) – Block & File Networking - Firewalls, Switching, Wireless, MPLS, SD-WAN Public and Private Cloud technologies – Azure, AWS and VMware on AWS Data Protection – Backup, BCDR, and Replication technologies Active Directory – AD DS, DNS, DHCP, GPO Messaging – Exchange (2013 or newer), Office 365, Spam/Content filtering Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions and Mobile Endpoint Protection Automation technologies – SCCM, Powershell, etc. Monitoring of all firm’s systems inclusive of virtualization, networking, storage, and systems applications Datacenter Operations – Planning and execution of Co-located datacenters Applications/Desktop & User Support Services
Identify user needs, resolve problems and direct the IT team to provide high-quality, consistently available computer service, support, training and maintenance of technology systems; ensuring attorneys and staff have the appropriate tools to satisfy practice needs. Knowledge and experience with DMS – iManage; Desktop Applications – MS Office, HotDocs, Workshare, CCC Macro, Nuance, SnagIt; Specialty Applications – Relativity, CPI, InterAction; Remote Access – VM Horizon; Financial Systems – Aderant; Telephony – Cisco VoIP Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field Minimum 10 years of IT support experience in a production environment IT governance certification preferred (ITIL/COBIT) Experience working in a law firm or legal department is preferred Experience leveraging ITIL best practices Experience managing an enterprise Microsoft computing environment, VMware infrastructure, cloud-computing environments (AWS/Azure), and IT change management Experience managing vendors, contracts, and technical consultants Experience using and managing IT incident and problem management solutions Position: Exempt Location: Century City. 5 days onsite for the first 90-days, then 4 days per week onsite, 1 day remote thereafter. Salary: $280k - $320k base
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