Cloud & Digital Assets Platform Leader

Morgan-Stanley; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 195,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley seeks an Executive Director, Cloud Infrastructure & Digital Assets Platform Engineering, to lead the cloud and digital asset platform strategy across Wealth and Investment Management Tech. This executive role requires hands-on AWS/GCP expertise, blockchain, tokenization, and distributed systems to deliver secure, scalable platforms.

You will shape architecture standards, platform modernization, and cloud governance while partnering with product, cybersecurity, and risk teams to

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software and infrastructure engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on cloud experience on AWS and GCP with large-scale platforms and landing zones.
• Strong knowledge of tokenization, smart contracts, and distributed ledger tech.

Responsibilities

• Define cloud platform strategy and drive architecture for AWS and GCP.
• Lead blockchain-enabled platforms, tokenization solutions, and digital asset lifecycles.
• Establish standards, guardrails, and reusable platform patterns across cloud services.
• Mentor engineers and architects to build high-performing cloud teams.
• Oversee security, governance, resiliency, and compliance in cloud initiatives.

Skills

AWS

GCP

Blockchain

Distributed Systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Morgan Stanley seeks an Executive Director, Cloud Infrastructure & Digital Assets Platform Engineering, to lead the cloud and digital asset platform strategy across Wealth and Investment Management Tech. This executive role requires hands-on AWS/GCP expertise, blockchain, tokenization, and distributed systems to deliver secure, scalable platforms.

You will shape architecture standards, platform modernization, and cloud governance while partnering with product, cybersecurity, and risk teams to