PRIMARY LOCATION: Europe, Middle East, Africa-United Kingdom-United Kingdom-London
About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic. We can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career – a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
The Team
The candidate will be part of a team that will evaluate, design, and implement solutions in support of the global Morgan Stanley low latency, high speed trading plant. Working with the latest technologies across the entirety of financial products and leveraging industry knowledge and technical trends, the candidate will be responsible for ensuring customer requirements for low latency, high performance computing, security and efficient execution across complex routing are achieved.
What will you be doing?
You will be managing, monitoring, and maintaining the global Morgan Stanley Corvil infrastructure.
You will be installing, configuring, and performing daily maintenance of the devices that are in production across multiple business units.
You will be interacting with the vendor for all hardware failure and RMA processing that will be required.
You will be gathering KPI and metric requirements from Business Unit customers, then delivering the appropriate solution within the tools to those clients
What we’re looking for
A candidate who has an excellent knowledge of data networking principles as well as high level of skill operating various network management systems.
Someone who has expert level abilities in configuration and management of all Corvil platforms.
A candidate who has strong ability to decode packet captures to help identify network and application issues.
It is a very desirable to have the ability to write scripts to manage aspects of the NMS platforms as well as create automated reports and metrics.
Skills that will help you in the role
A desire to learn and adapt to new technology will be beneficial as this is a very dynamic space.
Ability to prioritize along with good time management skills is required.
This role is a member of a globally diverse team so you will need to be an effective communicator.
Internal Applicants
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Equal opportunities statement
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.
Required Skills
An excellent knowledge of data networking principles as well as high level of skill operation various network management systems.
Expert level abilities in configuration and management of all Corvil platforms
Strong ability to decode packet captures to help identify network and application issues.
Ability to write scipts to manage aspects of the NMS platforms as well as create atuomated reports and metrics
Hardware: Corvil Latency Management Platform, Endace Probes, nPulse Hammerhead probes, Spectracom SecureSync
Protocols: TCP/IP, NTP, PTP, SNMP, Syslog
Scripting Languages: Python
Desired Skills
Desire to learn and adapt to new technology
Ability to prioritise along with good time management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Good problem solving skills.
Ability to participate as part of a team.
High level of initiative, proactive approach.
Ability to work in a team environment
Sense of ownership/accountability
Flexible and adaptable to meet the teams needs
Honest, hardworking and reliable
Ability to use Microsoft applications, Word, Excel and Outlook
Proficient in UNIX or Linux.