Principal Cloud & Data Platform Lead

Morgan Stanley; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in Alpharetta, GA is seeking a Principal Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to own enterprise data platforms, drive modernization, and deliver secure, self-service data access across the firm.

You will lead platform engineering, security, automation, and observability while mentoring engineers and influencing stakeholders in a large, global organization.

This role requires 10+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience and a pragmatic leadership mindset.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on infrastructure or platform engineering experience.
• Experience as a product owner or technical lead for enterprise data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of data virtualization/federation platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture, engineering and operation of enterprise data platforms.
• Lead modernization and migration to next-gen platforms with self-service data access.
• Balance production stability with strategic roadmap delivery and mentor engineers.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Product ownership

Platform engineering

Python

Unix shell scripting

Agile/DevOps

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Git

CI/CD

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Linux

Networking

APIs

Job description

Morgan Stanley in Alpharetta, GA is seeking a Principal Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to own enterprise data platforms, drive modernization, and deliver secure, self-service data access across the firm.

You will lead platform engineering, security, automation, and observability while mentoring engineers and influencing stakeholders in a large, global organization.

This role requires 10+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience and a pragmatic leadership mindset.