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This role will define, build, and advance cloud and digital asset platform strategy across the Wealth Management and Investment Management Technology organization.\nThis individual will serve as the senior technical authority responsible for architecture, engineering standards, platform modernization, cloud governance, and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud and digital asset solutions as teams transition business-critical workloads to cloud platforms. The role requires deep technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, DevSecOps practices, distributed systems, and modern application architecture.\nThe ideal candidate combines strong executive technical leadership with hands-on engineering experience, driving innovation while delivering secure, scalable, and resilient platforms. This leader will collaborate closely with product, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure engineering, and platform teams to establish scalable cloud foundations and accelerate cloud and digital asset adoption while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, resiliency, and operational standards.\nKey Responsibilities\nCloud Platform Strategy & Engineering (AWS and GCP)\nProvide hands-on technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of the firm's AWS and GCP platform capabilities, including multi-cloud and hybrid operating models.\nDefine and drive the architecture, technology roadmap, and technical strategy for cloud and digital asset platforms.\nEstablish cloud architecture standards, guardrails, best practices, and reusable platform patterns across AWS and GCP.\nPartner with engineering teams to establish secure, scalable, and resilient cloud landing zones on AWS and GCP.\nEvaluate and recommend cloud services, infrastructure patterns, and operating models that align with business and technology objectives.\nOwn long-term cloud modernization and transformation roadmaps.\nDigital Assets & Blockchain Engineering\nDesign and deliver blockchain-enabled platforms, tokenization solutions, and digital asset lifecycle services.\nProvide hands-on leadership across microservices, distributed systems, blockchain integrations, and Web3 technologies.\nDefine integration patterns for public, private, and permissioned blockchain networks.\nEstablish best practices for smart contracts, blockchain security, governance, and operational support.\nProvide technical leadership on distributed ledger technologies and digital asset platform architecture.\nEvaluate emerging blockchain, digital asset, and cloud technologies to drive innovation and modernization.\nAutomation & AI\nChampion Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform and related frameworks across AWS and GCP.\nDevelop reusable cloud infrastructure modules, templates, based on standards and reference architectures.\nPromote automated provisioning, policy enforcement, compliance validation, and operational efficiency.\nExposure to AI-assisted engineering tools and cloud-native AI offerings, Agent, skill and other resource development using AI\nTechnical Leadership & Stakeholder Management\nCommunicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nInfluence strategic technology decisions through technical expertise and thought leadership.\nLead architecture reviews and establish standards for scalability, security, resiliency, and performance for cloud and digital asset initiatives.\nGuide teams through rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, and cloud-native modernization initiatives.\nMentor engineers and architects on cloud technologies, automation, and modern engineering practices to develop high-performing engineering teams.\nBuild trusted relationships across application teams, engineering leadership, cybersecurity, risk, and infrastructure organizations.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.\n15+ years of software and infrastructure engineering experience, including building and supporting enterprise-scale cloud, blockchain, and digital asset solutions.\nHands-on cloud infrastructure experience on both AWS and GCP, including enterprise-scale platforms and landing zones.\nStrong understanding of tokenization, smart contracts, and distributed ledger technologies.\nStrong understanding of networking, security, identity and access management, and cloud governance.\nFamiliarity with financial services, capital markets, digital custody, or regulated environments.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExposure to cloud security frameworks, compliance requirements, and risk management practices.\nExperience with platform engineering and self-service cloud enablement models.\nExperience with public, private, and permissioned blockchain networks and Web3 technologies.\nRelevant cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent).\nUnderstanding of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud operating models.\nTechnical Skills\nAmazon Web Services (AWS) - hands-on: VPC, IAM, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, EC2, S3, EKS, CloudWatch\nGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) - hands-on: VPC, IAM, Cloud DNS, Cloud Load Balancing, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Monitoring & Logging\nBlockchain, tokenization, and distributed ledger technologies\nSmart contracts, blockchain security, and governance\nPublic, private, and permissioned blockchain integration patterns\nWeb3 technologies and digital asset lifecycle services\nDigital custody in regulated environments\nPython/GoLang, Shell Scripting, APIs and Automation Frameworks\nWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:\nAt 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.\nTo learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.\nExpected base pay rates for the role will be between $195,000 and $275,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.\nMorgan 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.\nOur workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.\nFor more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8207,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Cryptocurrencies","Asset Management & Funds","Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-02T23:34:26Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 261 · green card filings: 46","filings_12m":261,"filings_prev_12m":208,"green_card_filings_12m":46,"median_offered_wage_usd":202500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":5}],"liveness":{"score":88,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.883,"p_room":1,"age_days":19,"expected_fill_days":59,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":275000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/morgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/morgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-05T02:18:51Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2960,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-06T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":40230},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=40230"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmorgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmorgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmorgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/morgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmorgan-stanley-cloud-digital-assets-platform-engineering-lead"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3648737}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"morganstanley.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3648737},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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