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New York, New York, United States
Hybrid
Our Systems Engineering team owns the infrastructure that keeps a ~2,500-person global firm running around the clock: cloud (primarily AWS), Microsoft 365, Windows Server, identity platforms (Entra ID, Active Directory, SailPoint), and enterprise email flow. We are in the middle of a deliberate shift from click-ops to modern engineering practice: infrastructure as code, version control, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, least-privilege identity, and AI-assisted workflows.
We're hiring a System Engineer to help drive that shift. You'll operate and harden the current stack while actively replacing manual, one-off work with automation and repeatable, reviewable process. We're looking for a DevOps/SRE mindset: someone who sees a manual runbook and wants to turn it into code, contributes to technical standards, and uses AI to move faster than the team could before.
Just as important, we want someone who questions why things are the way they are. Much of our stack was inherited; some of it is legacy or dependent on one person's knowledge. You should be comfortable looking at an established design, asking whether there's a better way, and making the case for change, grounded in a clear-eyed read of the pros, cons, and migration trade-offs, not change for its own sake.
This is a broad remit: identity and access, email flow, cloud, and core infrastructure. We're not expecting you to arrive an expert in every one. We are looking for someone comfortable stepping into each area, learning fast, and growing into full ownership over time.
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Why this role
You'll be part of modernizing how a global firm runs its infrastructure, with real mandate and support to replace manual work with engineering. If you want to build automation, grow your DevOps/SRE skills, and push the frontier of AI-assisted operations rather than maintain the status quo, this is a place to do it. We invest in a learning, collaborative culture, and this role has room to grow.
What We Offer:
Benefits: All U.S. GLGers also have access to benefits such as:
Compensation: GLG is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation is based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. Certain roles may also be eligible for incentive compensation.
About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise. We connect global decision-makers—from hedge fund managers and private equity partners to strategy leaders at Fortune 500s—with the specific, authoritative voices required to answer their most critical questions.
At GLG, you are an extension of our clients' core teams. You will work at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating high-stakes challenges across the full spectrum of their strategic initiatives. Operating within the industry’s most trusted research environment, you’ll help our clients capture the nuanced perspectives that drive smarter, faster business outcomes.
We are a global team of pragmatic problem-solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we serve. If you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action, join us in reinventing the industry we invented.
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.