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The role ensures data is accessible, trusted, secure, and optimized for analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven solutions. Ideal candidates will either already have transitioned to or be ready to transition from a hands-on delivery role to strategic influence, shaping data architecture standards and guiding technology decisions across the organization.\nThe Architecture & Modernization (A+M) team drives the Firm's multi-year technology modernization roadmap, focusing on architecture frameworks, product delivery, and developer enablement. We aim to modernize technologies and practices to deliver scalable, secure, and future-ready platforms.\nIn 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.\nThis is a Principal Infrastructure Production Management & Reliability\nEngineering position at VP level, which is part of the job family responsible for maintaining the stability and reliability of the organization's infrastructure systems, ensuring optimal performance and availability to support business operations\nSince 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.\nWhat you’ll do in the role:\nArchitecture & Design\n\nDevelop and execute data infrastructure architecture strategies, roadmaps, and blueprints for enterprise IT initiatives.\n\nDivisional Data Officer driving data architecture & governance, working in close collaboration with Firmwide Data Office and other Divisional Data Officers\n\nCollaborate with SME teams building and scaling data platforms (data lakes, warehouses) across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.\n\nImplement semantic layers for consistent, governed data views, enabling self-service analytics and explainable AI\n\nOversee data quality processes and enforce standards to minimize data duplication and ensure trusted data.\n\nRecommend and implement cloud-native solutions for scalability, resilience, and business continuity.\n\nDrive modernization of infrastructure systems through cloud adoption, automation, and software-defined technologies.\n\nGovernance & Compliance\nConduct architecture reviews ensuring alignment with regulatory, security, and enterprise standards.\n\nMaintain reference architectures, policies, and best practices for data infrastructure.\n\nEnsure robust data protection, encryption, and zero-trust security principles.\n\nCollaboration & Stakeholder Engagement\nPromote architectural best practices, resolve design challenges, and influence technical decisions.\n\nPartner with enterprise architects, engineering teams, and SREs to align solutions with IT strategy.\n\nProvide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and operations teams. Required Technical Skills\n\nData Platforms: Experience in building & scaling data lakes, data warehouses, and associated data systems.\n\nDatabases: SQL, PostgreSQL; MongoDB and cloud-based platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift).\n\nSemantic Layer: Design and implementation for governed reusable data views.\n\nData Governance Tools: Collibra, Alation, Talend or equivalent.\n\nExpertise in ETL tools and processes (e.g., Apache NiFi, Talend, Informatica)\n\nSecurity: Data Privacy, Data Protection & Encryption frameworks & governance\n\nEnterprise Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF, Zachman; familiarity with ITIL processes.\n\nAdditional Helpful Skills:\nCloud Platform Awareness: One or more of AWS, Azure and /or GCP\n\nAutomation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet; CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).\n\nObservability & Monitoring: Experience integrating observability and monitoring solutions (Splunk, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana).\n\nAI & Advanced Analytics Exposure:\nLLM Integration: Retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning, prompt engineering.\n\nGenerative AI: Building and deploying generative AI solutions for data-driven insights and automation.\n\nAgentic AI: Designing agent-based architecture for autonomous workflows and decision-making.\n\nWhat you’ll bring to the role:\n7+ years in IT data infrastructure within large, regulated enterprises.\n\nProven experience in data architecture and modernization initiatives.\n\nStrong understanding of data security and compliance requirements in financial services.\n\nExcellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.\n\nAbility to influence technical decisions in complex environments.\n\nDemonstrated leadership in cross-functional teams\n\nStrong analytical and strategic thinking.\n\nPassion for emerging technologies and continuous improvement.\n\n#LI-LM1 #GLTECH #LI-Hybrid\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. 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