Java Development - Vice President

Job Description

* Morgan Stanley Java Development Vice President - Institutional Securities Technology Company Profile Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com. Institutional Securities Technology Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. IST s clients include Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, Prime Brokerage and Global Capital Markets. Job Profile Counterparty Risk and Margin (CPRM) practice area is responsible for managing and mitigating the firms global counterparty risk. We develop multi-asset class risk calculators and portfolio margining strategies for the Prime Brokerage, Institutional Equities desk, OTC Clearing and the Global Wealth management divisions of Morgan Stanley. Our applications and systems are used by our external hedge fund clients as well as internal Morgan Stanley Risk managers for managing portfolio risk. Some of the key functions of the Risk system include computing product and portfolio level VaR (Value at Risk), market stress scenarios, Greeks, sensitivities and portfolio back testing. Our margin calculators leverage risk analytics to compute risk based margin numbers for different trading strategies such as stat arb, volatility arbitrage, and Convertible arbitrage, Rates, Commodities and FX. Position Description We are looking for a senior tech lead for our Mumbai team who will be responsible to drive the development of Risk Analytics applications in the region. Responsibilities would include managing a team of 12+ developers and deliveries that span across NA, EU and Asia region. You will be responsible for managing the core development and enhance Risk Analytics platform. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and keen to learn about new financial and risk concepts as well as experiment with new technologies and frameworks. Key drivers are to increase analytics coverage, scaling the application to cover additional business units, and enhancing the architecture to cater to real-time risk monitoring needs. In short, you will responsible to take the system from its current state to a next generation cutting edge Risk Analytics platform. In addition to managing the Mumbai team, you would be required to interact with global Risk Managers and business users on a regular basis. You will be working in a very business oriented and commercially focused environment., * Skill Set Strong experience in developing enterprise level systems in finance domain using Java and database technologies. Exposure to grid computing, distributed caching and in-memory databases is a huge plus. Strong knowledge of various financial products (Equities, Fixed Income, Credit products etc. Understanding of Risk Analytics (VAR, Greeks ) is highly desirable You will be managing a team of technologists. You will have responsibility to plan and ensure timely and quality deliveries. A strong experience in delivering on complex financial system at a global scale is required. On the people side you will be responsible for managing your team members careers, their performance. Technology Stack Primary technology is Java on Linux. Strong exposure to Java development, object-oriented design paradigms, concurrent and distributed programming concepts are critical to be successful in this role. Risk tools use databases ranging from RDMS (Sybase, DB2) to NoSQL databases (Mongo DB). Exposure to various database technologies is critical to be effective in this role. Exposure to grid computing platforms (Data Synapse, Symphony, Hadoop etc.) is a huge plus Exposure to in-memory databases is a huge plus Qualifications/Criterion Bachelor s Degree Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Keyskills :
project managementautomationcost controldeliveryltdfixed incomerisk analyticsbusiness unitsgrid computingprime brokerage