Release Engineering and Change Manager (Director)

Overview

Release Engineering and Change Manager (Director) role at Morgan Stanley . 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. This is a Software Engineering Manager position at Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for developing and maintaining software solutions that support business needs.

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.

Department Profile The Release Engineering and Change Management (RCM) department is responsible for making features available to customers in a way that is safe, controlled, repeatable, scalable, and predictable. The "Release Engineer" role is within the Release Engineering and Change Management (RCM) department in Core Platform Services in Wealth Management Technology.

Position Overview

The Release Engineer role is a highly visible and critical role, which will be leveraged for managing the Release and Change aspects of SDLC. This person will be responsible for releases end to end and performing change management on all changes going into production, while ensuring policy compliance and proper risk assessment. The right candidate will have a keen focus on managing risk associated with changes in a dynamic environment. This candidate will understand the managed release environment, and ability to collaborate with globally dispersed teams. This candidate will have a deep understanding of branching strategies, CICD pipeline management, Code build management and versioning, and deployment methodologies. The right candidate will have a keen focus on managing risk associated with changes in a dynamic environment (~120K changes per year).

Required Experience : 10+ years.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a 24 / 7 team of Release and Change Engineers located in multiple locations and regions and partners in Application Development, Technology Delivery Management, and other areas as needed.
• Manage key aspects of releases and changes across the life cycle.
• Ensure proper monitoring, management reporting and governance supporting the delivery efforts.
• Perform deployment analysis and scheduling of deployment tasks.
• Create a consolidated implementation plan for the change packages consisting of approved and aligned changes.
• Analyze the risk associated with each change event and determine the mitigation plan for successful delivery.
• Provide metrics and status reporting before, during, and after the change window.
• Management of issues and risks during the change window and escalating as needed to the right stakeholders.
• Perform retrospectives after the releases to follow-up on any issues related to the release and ensure appropriate closure of action items.

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All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values : do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M / F / Disability / Vet).

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 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. We offer attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks and support for work-life balance.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $165,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Base pay is individualized and may be supplemented by incentive compensation and other packages.

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It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership / union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M / F / Disability / Vet).

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