ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY

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 Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.

This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

ABOUT THE TEAM
The Automation team at Parametric:

The automation team is responsible for supporting, developing and maintaining all inbound and outbound file transmissions and internal automations.
The team utilizes multiple proprietary and off the shelf applications both on-prem and in the cloud in their role.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Production Automation team acts as the front line for issues involving all business critical automations/batch/etl jobs while also playing the development/maintenance role for the same jobs. This includes interfacing with internal custom developed, off the shelf, cloud and 3rd party systems. Qualified senior level candidates will have a passion for IT, with excellent communication and organization skills, and be capable of working in a highly collaborative and fast paced environment. Financial services background is strongly encouraged. High energy, a can do attitude, and intense curiosity is required.

As a senior member of the team you'll have an opportunity to craft new processes and revise existing documented workflows and aligning daily tasks to your personal efficiencies

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role fulfills issue triage for production IT operations/sysops/devops,
Automates repetitive tasks for end users while working with development, 3rd party and internal teams
Constant exploration of new technologies and solutions
Deploy automation as part of the change and release management process
Educate end users regarding new or misunderstood features
Participate in the continuous improvement process by highlighting new issues to development
Investigate logs and correlate failures between applications and databases
Understand and demonstrate mastery of internal applications used for the daily business cycles (research, analysis, trading, accounting)

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

PRIMARY SKILLS

5+ years of relevant professional experience.
Experience with SQL including writing and understanding queries
Experience supporting a 24/7 environment.
Experience with DevOps tooling including Octopus, JIRA, Confluence or equivalent platforms.
Scripting/automation and continuous improvement experience
Experience with Python, and Powershell
Strong verbal and written communication skills targeted to a variety of audiences including technical and non-technical users
Experience supporting a Windows based environment including basic server administration
Experience working with API's
Experience in a fast paced environment
Patience and attention to detail is essential
Experience interfacing with cloud based platforms (AWS, SnowFlake, and/or Azure) is a plus
Experience with JavaScritp a plus
Experience with Linux/UNIX based platforms is a plus
Financial industry experience is a plus
Experience with monitoring platforms such as DataDog is a plus

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

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.

Salary range for the position: $70,000 - 150,000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit's incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).