Senior Site Reliability Engineering Specialist (Hybrid)

PowerToFly; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment bank is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Specialist to optimize SRE efforts across multiple infrastructures. The role involves improving system observability, collaborating on design for new services, and mentoring teams. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, 5+ years in SRE, and strong skills in Kubernetes and observability tools. The position supports a hybrid work environment in Montreal, requiring bilingual proficiency in French and English.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits

Hybrid work environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in SRE, DevOps or Infrastructure focused software role.
• 3+ years of experience in Kubernetes.
• 3+ years of experience managing observability tools.
• Strong scripting experience using Python.
• Experience with performance/capacity management practices.

Responsibilities

• Review monitoring, logging and alerting capabilities to improve system health.
• Collaborate during design phases to enhance reliability in new services.
• Guide SRE and application teams on best practices.
• Analyze manual tasks for automation opportunities.

Skills

SRE

DevOps

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

PagerDuty

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

We're seeking someone to join our EC Modern Infra Platforms team as a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Specialist in Enterprise Computing to lead SRE optimization effort across multiple infrastructure teams Modern Container Platforms at Morgan Stanley across On Prem and Public Cloud environment to drive ongoing optimization & automation.

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 Infrastructure Production Management & Reliability Engineering position at Vice-President 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.

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…

What you'll do in the role:

• Observability & Monitoring - Review monitoring, logging and alerting capabilities to gain insight on system health/performance and drive and report key SLI metrics. Lead effort on noise reduction, TOIL management & capacity planning.
• Architectural Consultation - Collaborate with engineering teams during design phase to bake reliability and efficiency into new services from start.
• Knowledge Sharing and Mentoring - guide wider SRE and application teams on best practices, shared responsibility, observability and system tuning.
• Collaborate with business application users to understand their observability requirements and provide solution/training in a consistent manner across the firm.
• Cost Optimization - Perform ongoing review of manual tasks and drive cross team automation and systematic solution to reduce TOIL. Review resource utilization to optimize spending without impacting performance metrics or headroom.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant experience in SRE, DevOps or Infrastructure focused software role
• 3+ years of experience in Kubernetes
• 3+ years of experience managing observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty
• Deep knowledge of container orchestration technologies
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Tool using Ansible or Terraform
• Strong scripting experience using Python
• Strong Analytical, Problem Solving and collaboration skills
• Experience with performance / capacity management practices

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.