Emerging Tech Solutions Engineer

We’re seeking someone to join our team as an Emerging Tech Solutions Engineer.

The Morgan Stanley Firmwide Innovation Group mission is to unlock the full potential of Morgan Stanley by evolving alongside the changing needs of our clients, businesses and market dynamics. We will enhance the Firm's capabilities by identifying and executing growth-oriented, technology-led strategies, new business models and partnerships that protect the franchise against disruptive innovation. The Emerging Tech team accelerates the adoption of innovative tech solutions across the firm globally. We do this by evaluating new technologies in partnership with business and technology to enhance Morgan Stanley's competitive edge and enable business transformation. The InnovationLabs team provides an extensive variety of fully serviced, permanent or on-demand environments (on-premises and cloud) designed for Firm technologists to explore new technology, challenge solutions on scale, performance and innovation, and safely experiment with new tech within Morgan Stanley context.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is an Emerging Tech Solutions Engineer position at a Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for driving innovation, developing technology roadmaps, and providing vision and strategic direction to align technology initiatives with long-term business objectives, fostering a culture of excellence, growth and transformation across the organization.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Reporting into the Head of Emerging Technology Team

• Helping to drive business results aligned with Technology innovation and modernization across key areas, primarily Data Engineering, AI / GenAI and Cyber, but also Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, Data Platforms, Microservices DevOps, Digital Assets, DLT / Blockchain, Fintech, Machine Learning, Automation

• Partnering with key stakeholders to research new technologies

• Performing technical product evaluations and facilitate adoption by partnering with business and technologists such that the firm can derive true business value

• Collaborating closely with our Labs and Tech Business Development teams to prioritize business challenges and technology investments.

• Responsibilities will include three key areas:
  -Driving accelerated end-to-end technical product evaluations from idea through to seeing business value realized for select products across emerging technologies (technical expertise and project coordination).
  -Fostering a collaborative environment and establishing connectivity across the Firm by disseminating emerging technology expertise and learnings.
  -Developing and launching enabling capabilities and partnering with stakeholders in removing barriers to improve the overall process for technology evaluation and adoption at the firm.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Demonstrates innovative approach to problem solving with a willingness to self-learn / explore new technologies, embodies a can-do attitude, resilient to various process and technical challenges, and highly execution oriented in getting things done autonomously.

• 5-10 years of relevant experience with strong technical aptitude, a learning mindset and great communication skills

• Demonstrable hands-on experience in one or more of the technology areas described above: Cyber or Data Science is essential.

• Strong and effective communications skills (written and verbal) to engage and influence senior leadership and peers across Technology and Business globally.

• Detail-oriented, self-starter and able to work both independently and in a team environment

• Ability to lead, plan, organize, prioritize, and execute projects and tasks with minimal supervision in a rapidly changing environment with urgency (project coordination / management)

• Experience building proof of concept (PoC) environments in a cloud based or on-premises lab environment

• Development experience with python, or other similar language for the purpose of building quick prototypes.

You might also have:

• Broad expertise within large financial services across enterprise infrastructure technologies (Windows, Linux, Databases, Networking, Storage, etc.).

• Understand application architecture - HW, OS/containerization, DB + Application.

• Demonstrable passion for emerging technology with expertise across domains.

• Experience and passion for driving change within large organizations.

• Familiarity with agile frameworks and tools such as JIRA

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize 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.