Senior Network Engineer

What you’ll do in the role

• Implement and support enterprise‑scale network infrastructure across data centres, campus, and branch environments.
• Provide Tier‑3 support and technical leadership during major incidents and escalations.
• Develop and maintain network standards, update documentation, and engineering procedures.
• Lead planning, testing, risk assessment, and deployment of critical security and infrastructure patches across production environments, ensuring timely rollout with zero unplanned outages.
• Drive execution of complex, large‑scale maintenance activities across global environments with minimal customer or business impact.
• Coordinate maintenance windows, rollback plans, validation testing, and post‑implementation reviews.
• Ensure compliance with security, audit, and regulatory requirements through timely remediation of vulnerabilities.
• Partner with Security, Infrastructure, Application, and Operations teams to prioritize remediation activities and maintain resilient business services.
• Coordinate end‑to‑end remediation activities including maintenance windows and pre/post validations across multiple stakeholders, including business application owners, multiple infrastructure teams (Unix, Load Balancer, Firewall, etc.), security teams, and all relevant third‑party vendors (Cisco/Arista, etc.).
• Maintain high availability and resilience of business‑critical services while improving network reliability and security posture.
• Monitor network performance and proactively identify risks before they impact production.
• Develop automation solutions using Python, Ansible, or similar tools to improve operational and deployment efficiency.
• Standardize deployment procedures and reduce manual intervention through automation to lower operational risk.
• Drive operational excellence through continuous process improvement and infrastructure optimization.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Strong hands‑on experience with Leaf‑Spine Architectures across Cisco and Arista Platforms.
• Ethernet technologies: STP, 802.1Q, VPC, Multilayer Switching.
• IP Routing protocols: RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPBGP, TCP/IP.
• Vx LAN.
• Platform knowledge on Cisco Switching & Routing Platforms.
• Platform knowledge on Arista Switching platforms.
• Wireshark, Infoblox, HPNA, Splunk, Sevone (plus).
• Good to have some cloud and wireless knowledge.
• Familiarity with JIRA for project and task management, specifically working in Agile.
• Experience with Ansible, Python, Terraform, Github.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience executing critical security patching and production network upgrades in large‑scale environments – global data centres and branch sites.
• Experience operating in financial services, trading, telecommunications, cloud, or other mission‑critical environments.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex maintenance and migration activities during scheduled change windows.
• Strong understanding of network resiliency, high availability, and disaster recovery principles.
• Willingness to support weekend implementations, emergency changes, and critical incident response when required.
• Preferred CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent industry certifications.
• Preferred knowledge of network automation frameworks.
• Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements

If this role is deemed a certified role, the holder may be required to meet mandatory regulatory qualifications or internal benchmarks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Morgan Stanley is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.

Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross‑section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www. morganstanley. com/people-opportunities/eeo.

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