Cloud & Digital Assets Platform Engineering Lead

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

4d • $195,000 - $275,000

About The Position

Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced Executive Director to define, build, and advance cloud and digital asset platform strategy across its Wealth Management and Investment Management Technology organization. The role serves as the senior technical authority for architecture, engineering standards, platform modernization, cloud governance, and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud and digital asset solutions as teams move business-critical workloads to cloud platforms.

The position requires deep hands-on AWS and GCP infrastructure expertise, along with knowledge of blockchain, tokenization, distributed systems, infrastructure automation, DevSecOps, and modern application architecture. The successful candidate will combine executive technical leadership with practical engineering experience, working with product, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure engineering, and platform teams to establish scalable foundations and accelerate adoption while meeting security, compliance, resiliency, and operational standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 15 or more years of software and infrastructure engineering experience, including building and supporting enterprise-scale cloud, blockchain, and digital asset solutions.
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure experience on both AWS and GCP, including enterprise-scale platforms and landing zones.
• Strong understanding of tokenization, smart contracts, and distributed ledger technologies.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, identity and access management, and cloud governance.
• Familiarity with financial services, capital markets, digital custody, or regulated environments.
• Hands-on AWS skills including VPC, IAM, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, EC2, S3, EKS, and CloudWatch.
• Hands-on GCP skills including VPC, IAM, Cloud DNS, Cloud Load Balancing, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Monitoring & Logging.
• Knowledge of blockchain, tokenization, and distributed ledger technologies; smart contracts, blockchain security, and governance; blockchain integration patterns; Web3 technologies; and digital asset lifecycle services.
• Knowledge of digital custody in regulated environments.
• Experience or skills with Python or GoLang, shell scripting, APIs, and automation frameworks.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Exposure to cloud security frameworks, compliance requirements, and risk management practices.
• Experience with platform engineering and self-service cloud enablement models.
• Experience with public, private, and permissioned blockchain networks and Web3 technologies.
• Relevant cloud certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent.
• Understanding of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud operating models.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of AWS and GCP platform capabilities, including multi-cloud and hybrid operating models.
• Define and drive architecture, technology roadmaps, and technical strategy for cloud and digital asset platforms.
• Establish cloud architecture standards, guardrails, best practices, and reusable platform patterns across AWS and GCP.
• Partner with engineering teams to establish secure, scalable, and resilient AWS and GCP landing zones.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services, infrastructure patterns, and operating models aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Own long-term cloud modernization and transformation roadmaps.
• Design and deliver blockchain-enabled platforms, tokenization solutions, and digital asset lifecycle services.
• Provide hands-on leadership across microservices, distributed systems, blockchain integrations, and Web3 technologies.
• Define integration patterns for public, private, and permissioned blockchain networks.
• Establish best practices for smart contracts, blockchain security, governance, and operational support.
• Provide technical leadership on distributed ledger technologies and digital asset platform architecture.
• Evaluate emerging blockchain, digital asset, and cloud technologies to drive innovation and modernization.
• Champion automation and Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform and related frameworks across AWS and GCP.
• Develop reusable cloud infrastructure modules and templates based on standards and reference architectures.
• Promote automated provisioning, policy enforcement, compliance validation, and operational efficiency.
• Apply exposure to AI-assisted engineering tools and cloud-native AI offerings, including development of agents, skills, and other resources using AI.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Influence strategic technology decisions through technical expertise and thought leadership.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish standards for scalability, security, resiliency, and performance for cloud and digital asset initiatives.
• Guide teams through rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, and cloud-native modernization initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and architects on cloud technologies, automation, and modern engineering practices.
• Build trusted relationships across application teams, engineering leadership, cybersecurity, risk, and infrastructure organizations.

Benefits

• Morgan Stanley-sponsored employee benefit programs and perks, described as comprehensive and attractive.
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced colleagues in a supportive and empowering environment.
• Opportunities to move across the business for employees who demonstrate passion and commitment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive