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About Us
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. We advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions and individuals. 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 provide you a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve and grow.
Technology
Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex and dynamic financial markets. We have a large number of award-winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm's businesses to be the top in the market. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture takes a lead role in revolutionizing the landscape of systems across the enterprise to drive business success and growth. The Enterprise Architecture team's focus is on high-level strategy, building an architectural discipline and driving adoption of best practice, accelerating delivery, and enabling modernization, e.g., by use of patterns and golden paths, and building out consistent architectural governance.
As the group expands and matures, we continue to add top technical talent, experienced professionals driven by the pursuit of engineering excellence, diverse teammates who foster creativity and innovation, who are looking for complex and challenging technology roles with impact, visibility, and unparalleled opportunities to work across Technology in multi-disciplinary collaboration with high performing teams, including our Distinguished Engineers.
Job Description
We are looking for a passionate Enterprise Architect to drive strategic architecture vision and alignment across key stakeholders; and define and govern architecture standards, principles, best practices, and patterns for firmwide adoption. The candidate will join a lean diverse global Enterprise Architecture team committed to fostering a culture where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences can thrive.
In addition to enterprise-level architectural skills, the ideal candidate brings knowledge of Agile, Cloud, DevOps principles and values; experiences in collaboration across complex organizations, removing impediments, and ensuring teams progress towards their missions and deliverables. Candidate must possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills and be able to resolve issues and interdependencies across organizations.
India is a strategic centre for the Firm, and the candidate will be the local lead for Enterprise Architecture in the region, interacting strongly with local (as well as global) Technology leadership. The candidate will also assume line management duties for the relatively small local team there.
Primary responsibilities
- Leading key architectural projects of firm-wide significance.
- Driving the Enterprise and cross-Domain Architecture vision and strategy.
- Engaging with senior stakeholders locally in India and more broadly.
- Driving the long-term evolution of the Technology estate in support of the high-level business strategy.
- Governance and oversight of architecture activities.
- Championing the adoption of architecture practices.
- Architecture thought leadership.
- Fostering the Architecture community locally and globally across the Firm and Divisions.
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Required Skills
- 15+ years of experience in software industry
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect in large technology organizations.
- Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and models such as TOGAF.
- Strategic thinker; able to structure and deliver on complex multi-year programmes.
- Experience working and influencing the designs of senior architects and senior technology leaders.
- Experience with large-scale architecture transformation projects, e.g. integration of acquisitions, Cloud migration, geographic migrations, modernization initiatives.
- Hands-on experience architecting technology solutions.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
- Experience working with teams across different time-zones and countries.
- Excellent relationship management, communication, teamwork, and influence skills; ability to operate at senior levels in both written and verbal communications.
- Technical background; comfortable with hands-on development tools and processes.
- Experience with cybersecurity, resilience and/or GenAI desirable.
Qualifications - BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields from an accredited university.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.
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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.
