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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Morgan Stanley - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $78,000.0 - $185,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Systems Development Life Cycle, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Toolchain, Software Vulnerability Management, YAML, Datadog, Scripting, Software Security, Reliability of Systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Sentry, Terraform, Splunk, Static Application Security Testing - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/morganstanley/senior-platform-engineer-parametric-c4de69 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in computer science or related area of study * 5+ years of hands-on Platform Engineering (i.e., DevOps, SysOps, SRE) experience with a proven track record of people and thought leadership to achieve strategic objectives * 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-native solution architectures and related platform support, i.e., Cyber Security, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Observability * Ability to dive deep and get hands-on to contribute to platform engineering solutions * Expertise in automation strategies for cloud-native solutions (pipelines, IAC, test suites) * Proven experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms * Experience implementing IAC - Terraform preferred * Experience using GitHub and engineering YAML based ci/cd pipelines * Experience implementing and operating container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) * Developer enablement mindset with an ability to collaborate across technology teams * Experience with Vulnerability Management tooling (SAST and SCA scanning) integration with SDLC toolchain * Experience using Gen AI tooling for software development and testing productivity * Expertise scripting with Python, BASH, PowerShell Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services. ## Description The Platform Engineering team is part of Parametric IT's Developer Experience department at Parametric and is vital to developer enablement and system reliability in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). As a team, we, * Consult and collaborate with cloud-native (AWS, Azure) and self-hosted application teams to deliver and operate reliable, performant, robust, and secure applications * Automate provisioning of non-production environment for application development and testing * Design, operate, and manage development toolchains and CI/CD pipelines to meet objectives for high-velocity delivery while also meeting control requirements * Build and maintain container orchestration on Kubernetes * Provide observability via monitoring tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Sentry etc., The Senior Platform Engineer will partner with cloud-native application development teams with direct business alignment - empowering them to deliver quality software at high velocity, rapidly receive actionable feedback, and cultivating an environment of continuous experimentation. Additionally, the Senior Platform Engineer will create reusable components and workflows that deliver superior developer experience., * Function as subject matter expert in the areas of delivering and operating reliable, performant, robust, and secure applications * Work with the development teams to design, document, create and maintain highly available systems * Design, implement, and manage centralized monitoring solutions that provide expedient actionable feedback to the development teams * Partner with the application development teams to create flows, processes, automation, and tooling * Create an environment of continuous experimentation and learning * Contribute to evolution of our architecture (cloud-focused) to increase its flexibility and ease of use * Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology when appropriate * Mentor new or less senior members of the team * Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity * Provide tier 2 and 3 escalations for related issues and questions ## Related Videos - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [From Doubt to Confidence: How Sentry Uses Verdaccio to Bulletproof SDK Releases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/739-from-doubt-to-confidence-how-sentry-uses-verdaccio-to-bulletproof-sdk-releases) - [CI/CD with Github Actions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/856-ci-cd-with-github-actions) - [Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [From Pipelines to Platforms: How DevOps Automation Becomes a Force Multiplier at Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1946-from-pipelines-to-platforms-how-devops-automation-becomes-a-force-multiplier-at-scale) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [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) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)