Lead Database Developer in Glasgow

Business Overview

The HR Technology organization provides IT support to the Morgan Stanley Human Resource division. The Rewards Technology team is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining applications, which helps the firm to manage firm wide compensation and long-term incentive administration. We also provide technology expertise for vendor solution implementation and serve as the Morgan Stanley technology guidance to those vendor solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of Data Integration, Migration, and Reporting subsystems of the Beqom Compensation application.
• Work with EMEA HR business partners to facilitate requirements gathering, analysis and implementation.
• Serve as a lead database developer for the Beqom Compensation team, coordinating development activities across local and global IT teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior developers.
• Serve as primary IT contact interfacing with EMEA-based Morgan Stanley employees, HR users, and Operations team to provide L3 support functions to the user community.
• Assist in recruiting talent for the local team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in quantitative discipline (e.g., engineering, science, statistics, math) or equivalent combination of education, training, certification and experience.
• 8+ years of experience with developing database applications.
• 8+ Years working experience with major relational database, e.g. Azure SQL / SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase.
• Solid understanding of OLTP and OLAP database schema design.
• Experience designing, implementing, testing and maintaining stored database code including procedures, triggers and functions.
• Advanced knowledge of logical and physical data modeling and RDBMS concepts.
• Ability to debug complex, unfamiliar code.
• Ability to mine and parse large amounts of data.
• Experience using ETL tools like Informatica, SSIS, ADF.
• Solid exposure to performance optimization techniques.
• Ability to provide guidance, oversight, and peer review to more junior database developers.

Desired Skills

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum team environment.
• Experience with DevOps.
• Experience developing in SQL Server environment.
• Experience with Power BI.
• Experience with Azure.

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.

Flexible Work Statement

Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

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.