Director - Application Engineer at Morgan Stanley

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

14 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Linux, UNIX, Programming, Scripting, Networking, Database, Monitoring Tools, Application Support, High Availability, Collaboration, Automation, Documentation, System Integration, Capacity Planning, Troubleshooting, Presentation Skills

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Provide escalated systems and application support in a high availability, 7x24x365 environment. After-hours and weekend work is required. Work with vendors and internal teams to install and integrate third-party and internally developed applications using in-house frameworks and configuration management systems. Partner with Production and QA operations teams to ensure all applications are properly integrated, configured, managed, and performing as expected. Facilitate development team compliance with standard SDLC, code build, and roll policies. Collaborate with systems engineering teams to ensure consistency and compliance with standards. Meet on a regular basis with engineering and operations staff to share knowledge and foster cohesion. Automate day-to-day procedures and provide application training, monitoring tools, and documentation for turnover to operational staff. Contribute to the engineering process for new projects and initiatives. Help write and present design assessments to upper-level management. 5+ years of Linux/UNIX experience (Red Hat preferred). 5+ years of programming/scripting experience (Korn, Bash, Perl, or Python preferred). Experience with UNIX applications such as Apache, Tomcat, and other Java-based applications. Exposure to financial technology or market data platforms (e.g, RTDS/TREP ADS and ADH and/or Wombat/MAMA or similar real-time data distribution systems. Strong experience with TCP/IP and Multicast networking and debugging, including packet capture/analysis and troubleshooting network applications. Experience with UNIX services such as system monitoring/sar, routing, nscd, DNS, LDAP, and NTP. Experience with x86-based server hardware. Experience with networking concepts and technologies. Experience with database concepts and technologies. (Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, or Postgres preferred. DBA experience is a plus.) Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Big Panda, ITRS Geneos), Atlassian applications (Confluence, JIRA), and source control (git, subversion, Bitbucket). Experience with hardware/application load balancing or high-availability clusters is a plus. (Netscaler, Veritas Cluster, and/or mod_jk preferred) Experience with projects involving system and application scalability and capacity planning is a plus. Experience with hardware and software evaluations is a plus. Experience making presentations. Excellent written and oral communication skills. 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. 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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. 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.

Responsibilities

Provide escalated systems and application support in a high availability environment and work with vendors and internal teams to integrate applications. Automate procedures and contribute to the engineering process for new projects while ensuring compliance with standards.