PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank. Our team of senior professionals delivers a wide array of strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring and special situations and private fund advisory and placement services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments around the world. We offer a unique portfolio of advisory services designed to help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. We also provide, through PJT Park Hill, private fund advisory and fundraising services for alternative investment managers, including private equity funds, real estate funds and hedge funds.

From the beginning, PJT Partners has firmly believed that having the best people is key to building an enduring franchise. Our perspective was, and remains, that a great team brings in both top tier clients and appeals to a wide-range of diverse, talented colleagues. Fostering an inclusive culture, which welcomes differing perspectives and beliefs, enables us to provide the best advice and insights to our clients.

To learn more about PJT Partners, please visit our website at www.pjtpartners.com. 

Responsibilities

The PJT Partners Technology team is responsible for creating and continuously improving a robust and secure technology foundation that supports the firm’s business activities.

Our Engineering team is focusing on leveraging cloud technology to enable our business and drive operational efficiency. We are looking for a highly motivated, self-driven, and dynamic engineer with a strong foundation in cloud migration to join our team.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing expertise and leadership regarding solutions for infrastructure and applications in Microsoft Azure;
• Developing technical roadmaps for future Azure cloud implementations;
• Demonstrating thought leadership in cloud computing across multiple streams;
• Working closely with application, network, and security teams to ensure requirements are reflected appropriately in the Azure design;
• Designing, testing, and implementing application services migrations in both a manual and automated manner;
• Ensuring security is integrated into all cloud architecture solutions.
• Leading in all cloud technology deployment activities, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration;
• Performing operational engineering for activities which include platform upgrades, server patching, monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting;
• Installing, configure, automate, and monitor various cloud services, Infrastructure as a Service and Platform (IaaS, PaaS).

Qualifications

PJT Partners seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition, qualified candidates will possess the following:

• 10+ years of experience in the Technology field
• 5-10 years of experience as an Azure Cloud Solutions Architect or Microsoft Cloud Engineer
• Strong experience in designing and operating Microsoft Azure solutions
• Passion for continuous improvement and advancing technology solutions;
• Strong understanding of cloud native architecture principles;
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft 365 platform, Entra ID, Hybrid domain structures
• Extensive experience in financial services, technical leadership
• Experience with SharePoint Online, Azure Files and other file server technologies
• In-depth experience architecting complex Azure public/private Cloud platform solutions (PaaS, SaaS, IaaS);
• Understanding of API design and security practices;
• Familiarity with containerization and PaaS approaches and tools (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker Enterprise, Azure Stack);
• Exposure to DevOps framework and CI/CD principles
• Ability to work with ambiguity and visualize solutions for emerging concepts;
• Experience architecting and implementing both PaaS and IaaS enterprise solutions;
• Experience and understanding of large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments required;

Expected annualized base salary of $150,000 to $185,000.

This range represents the low and high ends of the expected annualized base salary for this position. The specific base salary received by any employee will be informed by a number of factors, including but not limited to, role level and scope, location, candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills and experience.

Base salary is one component of PJT Partners’ compensation structure. In addition to base salary, PJT Partners’ compensation structure may include additional rewards, incentives and benefits, including but not limited to, a discretionary bonus component.

PJT is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of, and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, medical condition, genetic information or predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other category protected by law. PJT Partners also complies with all applicable laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation of disabilities to applicants. For more information or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.

California Applicants: PJT Partners will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records in a manner consistent with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and/or Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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*In order to be considered, please ensure your resume/CV is submitted in PDF format.