We’re seeking someone to join our Application and Data Engineering (ADE) team as a Middleware Integration Specialist to design, build and automate technology platforms both on-premises and cloud. The team leverages a variety of tools for platform design and application troubleshooting as they also provide elevated level 4 production support to the application operations teams.

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 a Software Engineering III position at Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

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.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What you’ll do in the role:

• Apply technical skills to design, build and automate technology platforms both on-premises and cloud.

• Partner with other groups in Morgan Stanley such as Enterprise Infrastructure, MIS, Networking, Security, Storage, Database and Data Center teams to roll out technology platforms successfully as per best practices.

• Coordinate signoffs for non-functional requirement testing with development and business teams.

• Maintain a 360-degree view of applications and their underlying middleware and infrastructure components, ensuring resiliency and scalability.

• Produce reusable infrastructure and middleware designs patterns for future reference and refresh existing ones on a regular basis.

• Support vendor / vendor technology onboarding following Morgan Stanley best practices and security blueprints.

• Adopt, build and rollout new technology stacks for NFRT for cloud-based and on-prem applications.

• Automate daily support functions, improve system stability, support hygiene initiatives and deliver innovation that creates efficiency and consistency.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• At least 6 years of experience in a similar role of hands-on application / middleware specialist.

• Strong infrastructure knowledge in Linux / Unix, Storage and Networking.

• Prior experience managing large web-based n-tier applications in secure environments on cloud.

• Hands-on experience with load balancers, web servers (Apache / Nginx), application servers (Tomcat) to include application integration, configuration, and troubleshooting.

• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/Podman containers, Kubernetes / Open Shift).

• Expert level scripting skills using Python (mandatory) and Shell.

• Familiar with IT Automation & Config Management tools (Ansible / Helm).

• Experience with source control and continuous integration / continuous delivery pipelines (Jenkins, Artifactory, Flux).

• Familiar with security hardening concepts for hosting applications or middleware, including transport encryption, modern single sign-on authentication and authorization mechanisms.

• Basic operational knowledge of RDBMS and SQL.

Nice to have skills:

• Experience with GenAI and Agentic AI; exposure to Big Data platforms (Hadoop / ELK Stack) and graph databases (GraphDB, Stardog, Neptune), including SPARQL query language.

• Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, Airflow, and open-source Observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Open Telemetry, Loki).

• Identity management protocols (OIDC / OAuth, SAML, LDAP integration) and capacity planning and performance tuning of applications and middleware platforms.

• System architecture / developer work experience; prior experience in a global financial organization is an advantage.

At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi-faceted and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

Build a career with impact. Visit morganstanley.com for more information.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.