RPE - System Reliability Engineering Specialist (Hybrid)

PowerToFly; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial firm in Montreal is seeking a Systems Reliability Engineer to enhance service availability and reliability for technology products. This role involves collaborating within a fast-paced environment, troubleshooting issues across the stack, and enhancing automation in deployment processes. The successful candidate will have at least 4 years of experience in a SRE position, a degree in Computer Science, and strong familiarity with scripting languages and CI/CD tools. Knowledge of both English and French is required.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits

Hybrid work environment

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a SRE role.
• Experience with automation and scripting.
• Knowledge of three-tier architecture and databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain systems with engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot across hardware, software, and network.
• Improve automation and systems reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Automation

Scripting (python, bash, Perl)

UNIX/Linux support

CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins)

Enterprise tools (Grafana, Dynatrace)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

IBM DB2

Spark

Kafka

Job description

Systems Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a production-oriented discipline focused on improving system service availability, observability, scalability, performance, and reliability for technology products 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.

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.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

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

We would like to talk to you if you:

• Are interested in distributed systems and working with high scale 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 that a team working well together is truly smarter than the single smartest person on that team.

• Aspire to grow as a person, as a teammate, and as an engineer.

• Have Grit, drive and a deep feeling of ownership.

Your Responsibilities Will Include but Not Be Limited To:

• Working closely with engineering/development teams to design, build, and maintain systems and help them decide on products to use, schema design and query tuning.

• Troubleshoot issues across the entire stack: hardware, software, application and network.

• Identifying and drive 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.

• Represent the RPE organization in design reviews and operational readiness exercises for new and existing services.

• Working alongside existing global and regional team members on a follow-the-sun basis.

• Participate in on-call rotation and periodic conference calls with other specialists from other time zones.

Successful candidates have often had some or all of the following:

• At least 4 years of experience in a SRE role

• Background in Computer Science equivalent to a B.sc. Equivalent practical experience is a reasonable substitute.

• Automation-related experience is particularly valued using scripting languages such as python, bash, Perl. One higher level language is desired.

• Experience on supporting three tier architecture which includes exposure to UNIX, Linux platforms and databases such IBM DB2, Sybase, Mongo, GreenPlum etc.

• Experience with source code and binary repositories, build tools, and CI/CD (Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Docker) etc and data streaming technologies like Spark, Kafka etc.

• Hands on experience on enterprise tools set such as Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics etc.

• Awareness of, and ability to reason about modern software & systems architectures, including load-balancing, queueing, caching, distributed systems failure modes, micro services etc

• Deep understanding of operating system level concepts such as processes, memory allocation, and the network stack; understanding of how applications are affected by the above, and ability to debug same.

• Generally speaking, practical experience running large scale online systems is always an advantage.

At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi-faceted and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

Build a career with impact. Visit morganstanley.com for more information.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.