Site Reliability Engineer - Unix Support - Director

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 a Lead Infrastructure Production Management & Reliability Engineering position at the Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for maintaining the stability and reliability of the organization's infrastructure systems, ensuring optimal performance and availability to support business operations.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Technology & Services (ETS) delivers shared technology services for Morgan Stanley supporting all business applications and end users. ETS provides capabilities for all stages of Morgan Stanley's software development lifecycle, enabling productive coding, functional and integration testing, application releases, and ongoing monitoring and support for over 3,000 production applications.

ETS also delivers all workplace technologies (desktop, mobile, voice, video, productivity, intranet/internet) in integrated configurations that boost the personal productivity of employees. Application and end user functions are delivered on a scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure composed of seamlessly integrated datacenter, network, compute, cloud, storage, and database functions.

Enterprise Computing (EC)
The Enterprise Computing – Critical Infrastructure Support team is responsible for maintaining a diverse plant of Unix, Linux, DDI Infrastructure. This team serves as the highest level of escalation for supporting Level 1 Command Center as well as Level 2 Unix/Linux Administrators.
 

The team is further responsible for developing procedures and tools that enable Morgan Stanley's distributed plant to scale effectively, by eliminating or parallelizing repetitive operational tasks. The group is tasked with the deployment of all new distributed and storage infrastructure including new datacenter build outs. Team members frequently interact with engineering teams and collaborate on the testing and certification for new hardware and software products.

What you'll do in the role:

This role is for a Senior Unix (L3) Specialist within the Enterprise Computing – Critical Infrastructure Support team. The position is responsible for providing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)–focused operational support for the firm’s critical Unix and Linux infrastructure in a global, Follow‑the‑Sun operating model. Key responsibilities include on‑call support and participation in weekend project work as required to ensure continuous service availability.

The role emphasizes proactive operational health, hygiene, and compliance activities to maintain system stability and to meet enterprise risk and control requirements, ensuring the integrity of production environments. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with engineering teams to test, certify, and introduce new hardware and software technologies into production

In addition, the role involves direct engagement with internal clients and stakeholders to understand business requirements and to provide effective support during incident and outage scenarios. The individual will also be responsible for onboarding new Unix infrastructure to support business growth initiatives and large‑scale programs, including new datacentre build‑outs

What you'll bring to the role:

• 6+ years of enterprise‑scale Unix/Linux administration experience in large, distributed environments

• Strong experience in incident, change, and problem management, with exposure to project coordination and operational reporting

• Deep expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and troubleshooting

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking and associated technologies including NFS, NIS, DNS, and DHCP

• Experience with Unix/Linux system monitoring, performance analysis, and operational reporting

• Working knowledge of NTP and enterprise time synchronization technologies

• Hands‑on experience with vulnerability assessment, remediation, and server patching in regulated environments

• Administrative‑level scripting skills using Shell and one or more high‑level languages such as Perl or Python

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues with an automation‑first mindset

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a global, cross‑functional environment

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and perform under pressure during critical incidents

Skills / Certifications Desired

• Knowledge of Infoblox DDI solution

• Certification in RedHat Enterprise Linux

• Knowledge of Veritas Cluster Server or similar high availability product

• Knowledge in ansible, OpenShift, Kubernetes

• Veritas Volume Manager

• Prior experience working in the financial services industry

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's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).