Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid Cloud-Native

Morgan Stanley; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to partner with cloud-native development teams and enable high-velocity software delivery. You will design, build, and operate reliable, secure systems while creating reusable components and workflows to improve developer experience.

The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and observability with a strong focus on collaboration across teams. Hybrid work pattern and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related area of study.
• 5+ years of hands‑on Platform Engineering (i.e., DevOps, SysOps, SRE) experience with a proven track record of leadership.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with cloud‑native solution architectures and related platform support (e.g., Cyber Security, IaC, Observability).
• Ability to dive deep and contribute hands‑on to platform engineering solutions.
• Expertise in automation strategies for cloud‑native solutions (pipelines, IaC, test suites).
• Proven experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
• Experience implementing IaC - Terraform preferred.
• Experience using GitHub and YAML based CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing and operating container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
• Developer enablement mindset with ability to collaborate across technology teams.
• Experience with Vulnerability Management tooling (SAST/SCA) integration with SDLC toolchain.
• Experience using Gen AI tooling for software development and testing productivity.
• Expertise scripting with Python, Bash, PowerShell

Responsibilities

• Function as SME in delivering and operating reliable, performant applications.
• Work with development teams to design, document, create and maintain highly available systems.
• Design, implement, and manage centralized monitoring solutions for actionable feedback.
• Partner with application development teams to create flows, processes, automation, and tooling.
• Create an environment of continuous experimentation and learning.
• Contribute to evolution of cloud‑focused architecture for flexibility and ease of use.
• Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology.
• Mentor new or less senior members of the team.
• Share knowledge to improve processes and productivity.
• Provide tier 2 and 3 escalations for related issues and questions

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Automation

Python scripting

GitHub & YAML CI/CD

Vulnerability management

Gen AI tooling

AWS/Azure

Terraform IaC

Kubernetes

Observability

Cyber security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Kubernetes

Datadog

Splunk

Sentry

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to partner with cloud-native development teams and enable high-velocity software delivery. You will design, build, and operate reliable, secure systems while creating reusable components and workflows to improve developer experience.

The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and observability with a strong focus on collaboration across teams. Hybrid work pattern and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.