About the Role
The Specialised Electronic Trading Infrastructure (SETI) team is seeking an experienced Linux, Hardware, and Infrastructure Services Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust, resilient, and scalable infrastructure automation systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, engineer, and support Linux server-based solutions for algorithmic trading.
- Utilize advanced features of the Morgan Stanley Linux configuration platform for system delivery and maintenance.
- Evaluate specialized hardware components like FPGAs for enterprise supportability, including vendor liaison and ensuring driver/firmware updates.
- Collaborate with development groups, system administrators, and infrastructure engineers to implement solutions that reduce costs and manage technology risk.
- Act as a subject matter expert for the Linux-based electronic trading infrastructure platform.
- Mentor, coach, and lead less experienced engineers.
- Provide technical leadership and vision for a small business-aligned team of system administrators and SREs.
- Drive continuous improvement of infrastructure and working practices using SRE techniques.
Requirements
- Comprehensive understanding of Linux systems administration, hardware, and configuration management techniques.
- Advanced Linux and network troubleshooting skills, including knowledge of standard debugging tools (e.g., tcpdump, strace).
- Experience using Python for task automation and familiarity with software engineering concepts (e.g., data structures, regular expressions, automated testing).
- Experience architecting large-scale, robust, resilient, and supportable systems.
- Domain expertise in infrastructure automation and integration.
- Familiarity with modern development tools and practices (e.g., agentic-workflows, git, jenkins, TDD, CI).
- Ability to take full-lifecycle ownership of project components, from design to support.
Skills
- Linux Systems Administration
- Hardware Engineering
- Infrastructure Services
- Infrastructure Automation
- System Design
- System Support
- Configuration Management
- Network Troubleshooting
- Python Programming
- Software Engineering Concepts
- System Architecture
- Git
- Jenkins
- Test-Driven Development
- Continuous Integration
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
- VP Level
Salary/Compensations
- $155,000 - $215,000
Benefits
- Attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks
- Commission earnings
- Incentive compensation
- Discretionary bonuses
- Short and long-term incentive packages
- Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs
About the Company
- Morgan Stanley is a global leader in financial services, known for leveraging innovation to build connections and capabilities that power the firm.
- Since 1935, the company has been evolving and innovating to serve clients and communities in over 40 countries.
- Morgan Stanley raises, manages, and allocates capital for clients, helping them reach their goals.
- The company operates with values including putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back.
- Morgan Stanley has over 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries.
Equal Opportunity
- Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce.
- Recruiting efforts reflect a strong commitment to a culture of inclusion.
- Individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on skills and talents.
- The workforce reflects a broad cross-section of global communities, bringing diverse backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
