Morgan Stanley Python/DevOps Lead - Vice President - IST (Institutional Securities Technology) Profile Description Were seeking someone to join our team as Vice President - lead position in the EST group. This is an exciting role for a self-starter who has a thirst for new challenges as well as new technologies. IST (Institutional Securities Technology) Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. ISTs clients include Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, Prime Brokerage and Global Capital Markets. ESTAR Develops trading & Analytics platform for IST, structured OTC Trading, Market Making & risk platform for IED Equity Swaps Technology: The EST department is responsible for the technology solutions required by the hugely successful global Equity Swaps business, supporting OTC Delta One Structured Products including Equity Swap Portfolio, Single Name and Index derivatives businesses. A wide variety of technologies are in use, including UI, server side, a variety of relational database and document stores and several messaging solutions. High volumes and large datasets are the normal and systems are designed to be able to both process current volumes, but also scale horizontally. With significantly increasing trading volumes and a healthy backlog of features, EST are looking to expand their global team to support a number of development programmes Technical Specialist This is a Vice President position within our Technical Specialist function, which is responsible for providing extensive subject matter expertise and reinforcing the ability of business and technology audit teams to appropriately assess risk and determine and execute coverage. Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firms global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firms infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, theres ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work. Interested in joining a team thats eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on What youll do in the role: This is a VP (Python / DevOps) lead position in the EST group. This is an exciting role for a self-starter who has a thirst for new challenges as well as new technologies. Key responsibilities for this role include Designing and implementing automated testing strategies for large, distributed server-side components focusing on stability, performance, and correctness of the applications. Implementing innovative strategies to stabilize and improve release cadence. Liaising with the global development team, stakeholders, and senior management to manage software release cycles. This is a senior role, and the candidate should have previously demonstrated the leadership of a small or sizeable team of developers in addition to proficiency with hands-on development activities. The candidate should demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and responsibility for the delivery of initiatives / projects. The candidate should possess good analytical skills, strong software engineering skills, a logical approach to problem solving, be able to work in a fast-paced environment liaising with demanding stakeholders to understand complex requirements and be able to prioritize work under pressure with minimal supervision. A willingness to be flexible and to get involved with activities outside of the core role, such as an involvement in the global support rota, participation in the architecture documentation and review process etc. is important. This team and role are ideal for someone looking for a strong career development path with many opportunities to grow, learn and develop.