Company Profile:Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.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. Morgan Stanley 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.Technology:Technology works as a strategic partner with Morgan Stanley business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Morgan Stanley's sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modeling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses—and to our own.Team Profile:The Network Automation and Tooling Team works on multiple products and projects in a global organization to facilitate the work of network operations and to improve the stability of the Firm's global data and voice network. The team's responsibility includes Engineering, Integration and Development and Operations of Network Configuration Management, Network Monitoring, Network Security and Network Packet Inspection Tools across both Vendor Made Solutions (Cisco, HPNA-Microfocus / SevOne / Broadcom-Spectrum / Ansible / Forward Enterprise / cPacket / Corvil) and many in-house developments. The Network Automation and Tooling Team has a requirement for a full-time member to assist their global team in the New York officeResponsibilities:>Candidate will become Tooling Engineer/SME of specific Fault, Configuration Management, Accounting, Performance or Security Management Tools (FCAPS) during it's specific lifecycle phase:o Accounting and Security Management Tools are Vendor specific AAA (Authentication / Authorization / Accounting) Tools that ensuring the fact that only the specific user or system accounts can enter and authorized to the network devices and recording the logs (TACACS / RADIUS)o Configuration Management Tools are either Vendor or Developed Utilities / Scripts that entering to the network devices through CLI / API methods, discovering the devices and collecting diagnostics / execute specific commands.o Fault and Performance Management Tools are Alerting / Performance Management Tools, that are mainly Vendor Products to discover, poll the network devices or receiving SNMP traps / alerts, telemetry information or syslog messages>Ownership during end-to-end lifecycle of FCAPS Tools - From Proof of Concept ->Pilot ->Deployment / Production ->Regular Maintenance ->Decommissiono Interoperability Testing of new Versions of FCAPS Tools, testing against underlying Enterprise Infrastructure elements compatibilityo Validate network devices against FCAPS Tools - check Monitoring, Configuration gathering functions and to make sure the network devices and components modelled properly also in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)o Create / Maintain Scripts / Utilities for FCAPS Tools Integrations / Certification / Maintenanceo Deployment of FCAPS Tools to Managed, HA and Geo-Redundant Data Centerso Manage Operations of FCAPS Tools>Act as team representative for regular scheduled network management review meetings>Provide coordination and act as a team interface between Network Engineering, Network Operations and Automation / Tooling Teams.>Facilitate and coordinate work with external vendors for tooling regarding bugs / updates and upgrades>Participate in network management design and peer reviews.>Provide oversight and technical guidance to multiple teams to ensure delivery of goals. Provide management and escalation point for Operation Automation. Ensure knowledge of tools and processes is shared across teams and that adherence to standards is maintained.Required Skills:>Proven background in leading network automation teams, having necessary hands-on experience to provide technical guidance where necessary.>Experience with Agile working practices and tutoring/coaching others.>10+ years of experience automating network infrastructure tasks using shell and python (or other higher-level language).>5+ years of experience automating networks using configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, Salt or Puppet.>5+ years of experience with build pipelines such as Jenkins, Gitlab etc.>Understanding of how to programmatically interact with network devices and NMS systems via API (REST, SOAP, OpenAPI).>Understanding of data or voice network device configurations and common networking protocols to equivalent CCNA Level or above>5+ years of Linux development experience.>Basic understanding of telecommunication devices / components (data network - routers, switches, wireless controllers, access points, firewalls, voice - modern pbx components - call managers / voice gateways)>Understanding of network management protocols, concepts, and enterprise infrastructure services (SNMP, Syslog, NTP, DNS, AAA/LDAP, API)>Understanding of Technical Asset Lifecycle Management Workflows, Vendor issued End of Life notices / Certification / Inventory / Component level of mgmt.>Previous experience of using Enterprise infrastructure components (Server Operating System or Hypervisor or Container or Storage or Network or Enterprise Authentication Methods)Desired Skills:>Understanding any of the specific FCAPS / Network Management Tools such as Cisco ISE, Cisco Crosswork / NSO, Cisco DNA Center, Cisco NDFC, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Ansible Automation Platform, HP Network Automation, Spectrum, SevOne, Splunk, Forward Enterprise, cPacket, Corvil, Radware.>Understanding any of the specific infrastructure technologies (Linux Server Operating System - Redhat / Virtualization - VMware ESXi, Container and Orchestration Technology Docker / OpenShift / Kubernetes)>Understanding any of the specific enterprise authentication standards (LDAP or TACACS or RADIUS or Kerberos)>Understanding Redundant Server Architecture (RAID / Out of Band)>Experience in Asset Mgmt / CMDB administration>Strong organizational skills, customer service focus, attention to detail, and process orientation>Experience in additional Languages beyond Python (Perl or JavaScript)>API methods experience (REST or SOAP or JSON)>Experience with databases (SQL or NoSQl / MongoDB)>Experience about Streaming Bus (Kafka)>Experience with using enterprise reporting / data warehousing systems (Splunk)>Experience with integration toolsets managing a variety of networking hardware vendors.>Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing>Ability to distil and present information to business community in non-technical terminology>Business analysis skills, with the ability to forecast implications and provide consultative recommendations and solutions>Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage operational lifecycleExpected base pay rates for the role will be between $140,000 and $200,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, andother Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs
