DevOps App Dev (Application Development)

Job Description

Technology/Role/Department at Morgan StanleyTechnology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex and dynamic financial markets. We have a large number of award winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm s businesses to be the top in the market. Our India technology teams are based in Mumbai and Bengaluru. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge. Department profileMorgan Stanley Wealth Management (MSWM) Technology is the global technology department responsible for the design, development, delivery and support of the technical solutions behind the products and services used by the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (MSWM) business. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (MSWM) Technology works with large scale databases such as DB2, Hadoop, Data lake, SQL Server, proprietary and non-proprietary messaging software like MQ, KAFKA, a broad variety of vendor products, numerous financial exchanges and regulatory entities, and programming languages ranging from .Net , Java, Cobol or VB.Net and cloud based technologies both vendor and in-house. Position Overview: We are looking for a DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience, preferably working in the financial IT community. The position in the Global Banking Technology team is focused on delivering exceptional services to both BU and Dev partners to minimize/avoid any production outages. The role will focus on applications within the Global Banking Technology automating deployments and working with the Agile teams to build and support stable and reliable production system. The ideal candidate will be passionate about automation and skilled in one of the programming language Python, Ruby, JAVA, C# or the like. Candidate should possess a strong understanding of database concepts, Scheduling Jobs, MQ, Web services and have hands-on experience in a scripting language, UNIX/LINUX/Windows OS as well as experience with debugging applications. We are looking for a team player with excellent communications skills who is committed to continuously improving and delivering results. Candidate should be organized, disciplined, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and delivery-focused. The R ight Candidate:

• Maintain applications once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health with a focus on business activities and continuously evaluate cost and waste.
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation, capacity planning and launch reviews.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity; includes automation for other various operational needs.
• Test and tune network, hardware, and software configurations to maximize performance.
• Ability to interface with different teams like IT Dev managers, Infrastructure teams and lead as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the application(s) supported.
• Understand the overall business flow of supported application systems and its interface with clients.
• Develop scripts and assist with code changes along with operational tasks/activities.
• Work closely with Application Development to ensure that the support team has excellent knowledge of the application set own and maintain support knowledgebase and documents.
• Use of analytical skills to find trends in the environment and drive out problems.
• Lead effort to determine improvement areas to stabilize the plant.
• Identify risks, responsive, and works with a sense of urgency plus works within a team or independently.

, * Required Experience: 5 to 8 yrs Skills Set Primary Skills

• 5+ years of experience in a production environment with a solid software development background and understanding of performance tuning, end-to-end troubleshooting, networking fundamentals and appropriate attention to detail.
• Ability to focus , provide resolutions for production issues in a high demanding and pressured environment.
• Strong experience in scripting language (Shell scripting, Python, Perl, etc., ) and cloud driven development.
• Strong database skills with DB2 and/or Sybase and/or Hadoop.
• Hands-on experience with Autosys or other batch scheduling software.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience on with monitoring tools like Splunk, IP Soft, Sockeye.
• Practical experience on Agile Methodology (e.g. Scrum).

Good to have skills

• Knowledge or experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design .
• Knowledge or experience with automating deployments using Jenkins, Train or Windeploy .
• Ability to diagnose technical problems, debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks .
• Interest in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills .
• Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field .

Keyskills :
sql serverweb services data structuressoftware design analytical skillsagile methodology techno functionalinvestment banking