Morgan Stanley
Linux Systems, Hardware and Infrastructure Services Engineer - Vice President
$155K–$215K
New York, New York · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
About the job
Designs, operates, and improves Linux-based infrastructure for electronic trading, including server configurations and specialized hardware, while providing technical leadership to a small team.
What you'll do
- Design, engineer, and support Linux server solutions for the algorithmic trading business.
- Evaluate and maintain specialized hardware, including drivers, firmware, and security patches.
- Lead and mentor engineers and improve infrastructure and working practices using SRE techniques.
What they ask for
- Comprehensive understanding of Linux systems administration, hardware, and configuration management.
- Advanced Linux and network troubleshooting skills, including tools such as tcpdump and strace.
- Python automation experience and familiarity with software engineering concepts, including data structures, regular expressions, and automated testing.
- Experience architecting large-scale, robust, resilient, and supportable systems; expertise in infrastructure automation and integration.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with agentic-workflows, git, jenkins, test-driven development, and continuous integration.
Pay
$155,000 and $215,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Linux, tcpdump, strace, Python, FPGA, git, jenkins
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