Senior Platform Engineer Parametric

ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking securities wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries the Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations governments institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley please visit .

ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors institutions and consultants to build portfolios focused on whats important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years we help investors access efficient market exposures solve implementation challenges and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients core holdings.

This role is part of Parametrics hybrid working model which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

ABOUT THE TEAM
The Platform Engineering team is part of Parametric ITs Developer Experience department at Parametric and is vital to developer enablement and system reliability in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). As a team we:

• Consult and collaborate with cloud-native (AWS Azure) and self-hosted application teams to deliver and operate reliable performant robust and secure applications
• Automate provisioning of non-production environment for application development and testing
• Design operate and manage development toolchains and CI/CD pipelines to meet objectives for high-velocity delivery while also meeting control requirements
• Build and maintain container orchestration on Kubernetes
• Provide observability via monitoring tools such as Datadog Splunk Sentry etc.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Platform Engineer will partner with cloud-native application development teams with direct business alignment - empowering them to deliver quality software at high velocity rapidly receive actionable feedback and cultivating an environment of continuous experimentation. Additionally the Senior Platform Engineer will create reusable components and workflows that deliver superior developer experience.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Function as subject matter expert in the areas of delivering and operating reliable performant robust and secure applications
• Work with the development teams to design document create and maintain highly available systems
• Design implement and manage centralized monitoring solutions that provide expedient actionable feedback to the development teams
• Partner with the application development teams to create flows processes automation and tooling
• Create an environment of continuous experimentation and learning
• Contribute to evolution of our architecture (cloud-focused) to increase its flexibility and ease of use
• Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology when appropriate
• Mentor new or less senior members of the team
• Share experience knowledge and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity
• Provide tier 2 and 3 escalations for related issues and questions

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related area of study
• 5 years of hands-on Platform Engineering (i.e. DevOps SysOps SRE) experience with a proven track record of people and thought leadership to achieve strategic objectives
• 5 years of hands-on experience with cloud-native solution architectures and related platform support i.e. Cyber Security Infrastructure as Code (IAC) Observability
• Ability to dive deep and get hands-on to contribute to platform engineering solutions
• Expertise in automation strategies for cloud-native solutions (pipelines IAC test suites)
• Proven experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
• Experience implementing IAC - Terraform preferred
• Experience using GitHub and engineering YAML based ci/cd pipelines
• Experience implementing and operating container orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Developer enablement mindset with an ability to collaborate across technology teams
• Experience with Vulnerability Management tooling (SAST and SCA scanning) integration with SDLC toolchain
• Experience using Gen AI tooling for software development and testing productivity
• Expertise scripting with Python BASH PowerShell

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley we raise manage and allocate capital for our clients helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way thats differentiated and weve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first doing the right thing leading with exceptional ideas committing to diversity and inclusion and giving back - arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees in 1200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley youll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Salary range for the position: $78000 - 185000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business units incentive compensation plan which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits including Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Health Savings Account Dependent Day Care Savings Account Life Insurance Disability and Other Insurance Plans Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually) 10 Paid Holidays 401(k) and Short/Long Term Disability in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit to learn more about our benefit offerings.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion where individuals are hired developed and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate bringing a variety of backgrounds talents perspectives and experiences.

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