Systems Reliability Engineer

Systems Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a discipline focused on improving system service availability, observability, scalability, performance, and resilience across Morgan Stanley by applying sound software engineering principles and adopting the latest technology and tooling.

We are growing SRE capabilities within our Reliability & Production Engineering (RPE) organization as part of the transformation of Morgan Stanley’s Technology.

We would like to talk to you if you:  

• Are interested in distributed systems and working with highly scalable and reliable services. 
• Like to work in a fast-moving environment and you aren't afraid to change things to make them better. 
• Enjoy new technological challenges and solving hard problems. 
• Believe a team working well together is smarter than the single smartest person on that team. 
• Have grit, drive and a deep sense of ownership.

• Working closely with engineering/development teams to design, build, and maintain systems.
• Troubleshooting issues across the entire technology stack: hardware, software, application, and network.
• Identifying and driving opportunities to improve automation for our platforms; scope and create automation for deployment, management, and visibility of our services.
• Proactively identifying and addressing systems reliability risks.
• Working alongside existing global and regional team members on a follow-the-sun basis.
• Represent the RPE organization in design reviews and operational readiness exercises for new and existing services.

Successful candidates have at least 6 years of experience often had some or all of the following:

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot problems and debug to identify root cause.
• Hands on experience on enterprise tools such as AppDynamics, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace.
• Experience with Ansible, GitHub or any automation/configuration/release management tools.
• Automation-related experience is particularly valued using scripting languages such as python, bash, perl, ruby. One higher level language is desired.
• Awareness of, and ability to reason about modern software and systems architectures, including load-balancing, databases, queueing, caching, distributed systems failure modes, micro services, Cloud, etc.
• Practical experience running large scale systems is an advantage.

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm helping governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world to achieve their financial goals. Morgan Stanley is committed to maintaining first-class service that has defined the firm. At its foundation are five core values (putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and giving back) that guides its 55,000+ employees in over 1,200 offices across 43 countries.

On a daily basis, we process hundreds of millions of transactions and we serve more than a trillion dollars of assets across every global market. If this scale resonates with you, come join us.

Click this link to experience life in Morgan Stanley: https://www.morganstanley.com/people/technology-professionals.

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.