Director, Platform Engineering - Parametric - Morgan Stanley : Job Details

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About Morgan StanleyMorgan 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 Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. For more information, visit www.morganstanley.com.

About ParametricParametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on clients' needs. With over 30 years of experience, we offer custom solutions, systematic alpha, and alternative strategies. This role involves a hybrid working model, including in-office and remote work.

About the TeamThe Platform Engineering team is part of Parametric IT's Developer Experience department, focusing on developer enablement and system reliability. Responsibilities include collaborating with cloud-native and self-hosted application teams, automating environment provisioning, managing development toolchains, building Kubernetes orchestration, and providing observability through monitoring tools.

About The RoleThe Director, Platform Engineering, will lead a team to strategize and execute initiatives related to developer enablement, automation, and policy adherence. The role requires working with various engineering and operations teams to create runtime environments, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools. Collaboration with other technology leaders to standardize application architecture is essential.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Platform Engineers, providing strategic guidance and career development.
• Transform development practices to be automated, systematic, and standards-based, increasing delivery velocity and reducing risks.
• Mentor team members and support professional growth.
• Enhance Developer Experience through tooling and documentation.
• Work with Quality Engineering to increase test automation in UAT and Production.
• Collaborate with Morgan Stanley's Developer Enablement team to integrate Parametric's systems.

Job Qualifications

PRIMARY SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years in Platform Engineering (DevOps, SysOps, SRE) with leadership experience.
• 5+ years in cloud-native solutions, including Cyber Security, IAC, Observability.
• Experience in senior leadership with multi-year planning.
• Hands-on contribution to platform solutions.
• Mentorship of global engineering teams.
• Expertise in automation strategies, AWS/Azure, Terraform, GitHub, Kubernetes, Java/C#, scripting (PowerShell/Python), and security tooling.
• Experience with Gen AI tools for development and testing.

We value diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity. Our benefits include comprehensive health plans, retirement options, paid time off, and more. The salary range is $140,000 - $300,000/year, with potential bonuses and incentives.