Platform Engineer – Director- Software Engineering Full Time

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.

This is Director position that develops and maintains software solutions that support business needs.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What You’ll Do In The Role

• Contribute to the function through complex project tasks and initiatives.- Interact regularly with team members and occasionally leadership on a range of topics.
• Design, deploy, and operate containerized applications on Kubernetes.
• Build, enhance, and support CI/CD pipelines for platform and application teams.
• Own and improve platform observability using metrics, logs, dashboards, and alerts.
• Troubleshoot production issues, drive root cause analysis, and improve system availability.
• Support web-based deployments, including APIs, backend services, and UI applications.
• Work with application teams to onboard services with proper authentication and authorization (OAuth2, SSO, JWT).
• Participate in system design, capacity planning, and performance tuning.- Ensure platform stability, scalability, and operational readiness.
• Python & Automation Build Python-based automation to reduce manual operational work.
• Standardize and automate routine tasks using Python and/or Ansible.
• Develop scripts, tools, and services to support platform operations.
• Improve operational efficiency through reusable automation frameworks.
• AI-Enabled Automation (Secondary / Enablement Only) Implement AI-assisted automation where appropriate (using existing models and tools).
• Integrate AI services into workflows to improve efficiency (e.g., intelligent triage, summarization, automation).
• Apply basic prompt engineering and workflow orchestration for AI-enabled use cases.
• Ensure AI usage follows enterprise guardrails, logging, and human-in-the-loop controls.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• At least 4 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.
• Ability to process information, translate into plans and present summaries to stakeholders.
• Experienced understanding of business line and discipline.
• Strong experience as a Platform / SRE / DevOps Engineer.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong Python skills for automation and tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar).
• Solid understanding of Linux environments.
• Experience with observability tools (metrics, logs, alerts).
• Working knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Basic understanding of databases and SQL.
• Production support experience in enterprise environments.
• Exposure to AI / GenAI tools and AI-assisted automation.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or Helm.
• Familiarity with cloud-native concepts and services
• Experience operating in regulated or large-scale enterprise platforms.
• Strong in execution and operations, not experimental research.
• Comfortable owning systems end-to-end in production.
• Able to work across development, operations, and support teams
• Focused on stability, scalability, and continuous improvement.

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 that’s differentiated – and we’ve 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 – aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what’s best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll 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. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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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.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.