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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Linux Systems, Hardware and Infrastructure Services Engineer - Vice President - **Company:** Morgan Stanley - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $155,000.0 - $215,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, Automation of Tests, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Linux, Programming Tools, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), Network Troubleshooting, Linux System Administration, Linux Servers, Regular Expressions, Software Engineering, Tcpdump, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Git, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Hardware Infrastructure, Jenkins - **Published:** August 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usb306b972fb47ff6317208cb5493e220a/eaa ## About the Role * A comprehensive understanding of Linux systems administration, hardware and configuration management techniques. * Advanced Linux and network troubleshooting skills, including knowledge of standard debugging tools such as tcpdump and strace. * Experience using the Python programming language to automate common tasks and eliminate toil. Familiarity with standard software engineering concepts such as common data structures, regular expressions, and automated testing. * Experience with architecting large scale, robust, resilient and supportable systems. * Domain expertise in infrastructure automation and integration. * Familiarity with modern development tools and practices including agentic-workflows, git, jenkins, test-driven development, and continuous integration. * Can take full-lifecycle ownership of components within a project, from initial architecture design to ongoing support. ## Description The Specialised Electronic Trading Infrastructure (SETI) team is looking for an experienced Linux, Hardware and Infrastructure services Engineer with a proven track record of designing, building and maintaining robust, resilient and scalable, infrastructure automation systems. In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world. What you will do in this role: * Design, engineer and support Linux server-based solutions to enable our algorithmic trading business to operate in an efficient, effective and compliant manner. * Utilize advanced features of the Morgan Stanley Linux configuration platform to deliver and maintain system configurations unique to our line of business. * Evaluate specialized hardware components such as FPGAs for supportability in an enterprise environment, including liaison with vendors, and responsibility for ensuring drivers and firmware are kept up to date and patched against security vulnerabilities. * Collaborate closely with business-facing development groups, system administrators and other infrastructure engineers to implement and maintain appropriate solutions to reduce costs and manage technology risk for our business. * Act as a subject matter expert for our Linux-based electronic trading infrastructure platform. * Mentor, coach and lead less experienced engineers. * Provide technical leadership and vision for a small business-aligned team of system administrators and SREs. * Drive the continuous improvement of our infrastructure and working practices through regular reviews, blameless port-mortems and other SRE techniques ## Related Videos - [Microservices architecture as a key element in building trading systems for global finance markets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1196-microservices-architecture-as-a-key-element-in-building-trading-systems-for-global-finance-markets) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Enterprise-Cloud-Native - Fast-Paced Development & Deployment in a Highly Secure Banking Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/671-enterprise-cloud-native-fast-paced-development-deployment-in-a-highly-secure-banking-environment) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development)