Lead DevOps Platform Engineer

The DevOps Platform Engineering team is responsible for building operating and evolving the core DevOps and cloud platforms that enable engineering teams across MSCI to deliver software securely reliably and at scale.

As part of the MSCI Core DevOps team you will own and evolve the tooling CI/CD platforms and cloud infrastructure that power the enterprise developer workflow. This includes Azure DevOps and GitHub CI/CD pipelines cloud-native infrastructure and internal platforms such as the MSCI Software Catalog and Internal Developer Portal.

The team defines and maintains standards golden paths and reusable patterns that product and engineering teams adopt to accelerate delivery while maintaining consistency security and compliance.

As a DevOps Engineer you will design build operate and support production-grade DevOps platforms CI/CD systems and cloud infrastructure while enabling engineering teams through automation documentation and self-service capabilities.

• Design build manage and operate enterprise CI/CD platforms using Azure DevOps and GitHub including pipelines templates reusable workflows and shared libraries.
• Own and maintain the DevOps Platform Engineering CI/CD and cloud infrastructure ensuring reliability scalability security and operational excellence.
• Define implement and promote standards golden paths and best practices for CI/CD source control branching strategies infrastructure and cloud-native development.
• Build custom integrations and automation on Azure DevOps and GitHub using APIs webhooks and event-driven workflows to integrate with internal and external systems.
• Act as a subject matter expert across the entire developer workflow (SDLC) - from source control and build to test release deployment and production operations.
• Design and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using modern DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Partner closely with application and product teams to enable adoption of platform capabilities and improve developer experience.
• Drive continuous improvement in platform reliability security performance and usability.
• Support production platforms and tooling including incident response root cause analysis and continuous hardening.
• Contribute to the evolution of MSCIs next-generation DevOps tooling APIs and platforms to enable operational insights developer productivity and engineering excellence.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field with 8 years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub (repositories pipelines workflows permissions integrations).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD principles DevOps best practices and SDLC automation.
• Strong experience with Git-based source control (branching strategies PR workflows governance).
• Professional proficiency in Bash scripting for automation tooling and integrations.
• Proven experience building and consuming REST APIs for platform integrations.
• Solid experience with Docker and Kubernetes including managed cloud Kubernetes services.
• Strong cloud experience with Azure and/or GCP including designing and operating cloud-native infrastructure.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams participating effectively in sprint planning delivery and retrospectives.
• Strong operational mindset with experience supporting production platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

Nice to Have

• Experience with ArgoCD Argo Workflows Prometheus and Cert Manager.
• Experience with GoLang Java and/or Python.
• Familiarity with databases such as MSSQL and PostgreSQL.
• Exposure to developer portals or internal platforms (e.g. Backstage or similar).
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript for platform UI or tooling.
• Experience applying enterprise integration patterns to platform and tooling solutions.

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform AI Learning Center LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our vision to power better decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data analytics and indexes supported by advanced technology set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners private-market sponsors and investors hedge funds wealth managers banks insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. 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 gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave) veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please email and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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