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 MSCI’s next-generation DevOps tooling, APIs, and platforms to enable operational insights, developer productivity, and engineering excellence.

Required

• Bachelor’s 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 Learning@MSCI 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 Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision – to power better decisions. You’ll 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 Disability.Assistance@msci.com 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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