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Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. We provide you a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
Technology at Morgan Stanley
Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex and dynamic financial markets. We have many award-winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm’s businesses to be the top in the market. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.
Department Profile
Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced and ambitious candidate to join their Record Archive Service (RAS) group. The group is responsible for managing and supporting multiple Archives platform (Archive 360, CMOD and ERA) to meet Firms Regulatory obligations.
Role Summary
This role is a VP Software Architect responsible for building, modernizing, and operating enterprise-scale data records archiving solutions that support Morgan Stanley’s regulatory, legal, and data lifecycle obligations.
The VP will actively engineer and modernize platforms spanning Archive360 (A360), IBM CMOD and other internal tools (ERA, etc.), evolving legacy Perl/Java/Shell-based ingestion, monitoring, entitlement, and disposition tooling into Python-first, cloud-ready, AI-enabled solutions.
A core expectation of this role is to continuously improve efficiency —reducing cost, latency, manual effort, and operational friction while increasing throughput, reliability, and auditability.
Key Responsibilities
1) Hands-On Engineering & Delivery
- Build and modernize Python-based services, tools, and automation for data records archiving platforms.
- Re-engineer legacy Perl/Shell/Java tooling used for:
- Archive ingestion and reconciliation
- Drop-zone hygiene and monitoring
- Entitlements and access controls
- Disposition, retention validation, and reporting
- Personally lead complex refactors, performance tuning, and production issue resolution.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and secure SDLC practices for archive-related systems.
- Participate in incident response, RCA, and remediation for archive ingestion, retrieval, or compliance issues.
2) Electronic Records Archiving Modernization & Migration
- Modernize archival workflows across Archive360, ERA, and IBM CMOD platforms.
- Drive migrations such as:
- ERA Archive360 ingestion and metadata remediation
- Legacy batch/script pipelines + Python-based orchestration
- File-based/manual processes + resilient, observable services
- Ensure compliance with WORM, SEC 17a-4, retention schedules, legal/tax holds, and disposition controls.
- Own migration execution artifacts: cutover plans, rollback strategies, reconciliation evidence, and audit support.
3) Architecture & Design
- Define Python-first, performance-aware architectures for archiving platforms.
- Make design decisions that balance:
- Cost efficiency
- Processing speed and scalability
- Regulatory risk and auditability
- Produce concise architecture artifacts (C4, ADRs, ingestion/disposition flows) that directly support efficient delivery.
- Review designs and implementations to ensure efficiency considerations are embedded early—not added later.
4) Cloud & Platform Enablement
- Design and implement cloud-ready archive tooling (public/private/hybrid), including:
- Secure ingestion pipelines
- Metadata processing and enrichment
- Monitoring, alerting, and reporting
- Implement infrastructure-as-code and environment parity for archive platforms.
- Embed security controls: IAM, encryption, key management, entitlement enforcement, and audit logging.
5) AI-Assisted Engineering & Innovation
- Apply AI tools to accelerate:
- Code refactoring and modernization of legacy archive tooling
- Automated test generation for ingestion and disposition workflows
- Documentation and runbook creation
- Explore AI-assisted automation for archive operations (triage, anomaly detection, reconciliation support).
- Ensure responsible AI usage with human oversight and compliance alignment.
6) Collaboration, Governance & Influence
- Partner closely with Records Management, Legal, Compliance, Data Governance, and Platform teams.
- Mentor engineers on Python best practices, archive domain patterns, and regulatory-aware design.
- Influence technical direction through execution quality and subject-matter expertise.
- Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and progress clearly to senior technology leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of enterprise software engineering experience with strong modernization ownership.
- Advanced, hands-on expertise in Python for building production services and automation.
- Proven experience modernizing records archiving or data lifecycle platforms.
- Strong working knowledge of Perl, Shell, and Java for legacy assessment and migration.
- Deep understanding of Unix/Linux, batch processing, and high-volume file ingestion systems.
- Experience operating in regulated, audit-heavy environments.
Technical Skills
Core (Python-First)
- Python (advanced): services, tooling, concurrency, packaging, dependency management
- Testing: unit/integration/contract testing for ingestion and disposition flows
- APIs, messaging, batch orchestration, idempotency and error handling
Archiving Domain
- Archive ingestion, reconciliation, and retrieval patterns
- Retention schedules, legal/tax holds, WORM compliance
- Disposition workflows and evidence generation
- Platforms: Archive360, ERA, IBM CMOD (or equivalent)
Cloud & Operations
- Containers, orchestration platforms
- Infrastructure as Code
- Observability, performance tuning, RCA participation
AI & Automation
- AI coding assistants and refactoring tools
- Workflow automation and agent-based tooling (nice to have)
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $170,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
About us
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. We provide you a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
Technology at Morgan Stanley
Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex and dynamic financial markets. We have many award-winning technology platforms that help to propel our Firm’s businesses to be the top in the market. We have built strong techno-functional teams which partner with our offices globally taking global ownership of systems and products. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.
Department Profile
Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced and ambitious candidate to join their Record Archive Service (RAS) group. The group is responsible for managing and supporting multiple Archives platform (Archive 360, CMOD and ERA) to meet Firms Regulatory obligations.
Role Summary
This role is a VP Software Architect responsible for building, modernizing, and operating enterprise-scale data records archiving solutions that support Morgan Stanley’s regulatory, legal, and data lifecycle obligations.
The VP will actively engineer and modernize platforms spanning Archive360 (A360), IBM CMOD and other internal tools (ERA, etc.), evolving legacy Perl/Java/Shell-based ingestion, monitoring, entitlement, and disposition tooling into Python-first, cloud-ready, AI-enabled solutions.
A core expectation of this role is to continuously improve efficiency —reducing cost, latency, manual effort, and operational friction while increasing throughput, reliability, and auditability.
Key Responsibilities
1) Hands-On Engineering & Delivery
- Build and modernize Python-based services, tools, and automation for data records archiving platforms.
- Re-engineer legacy Perl/Shell/Java tooling used for:
- Archive ingestion and reconciliation
- Drop-zone hygiene and monitoring
- Entitlements and access controls
- Disposition, retention validation, and reporting
- Personally lead complex refactors, performance tuning, and production issue resolution.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and secure SDLC practices for archive-related systems.
- Participate in incident response, RCA, and remediation for archive ingestion, retrieval, or compliance issues.
2) Electronic Records Archiving Modernization & Migration
- Modernize archival workflows across Archive360, ERA, and IBM CMOD platforms.
- Drive migrations such as:
- ERA Archive360 ingestion and metadata remediation
- Legacy batch/script pipelines + Python-based orchestration
- File-based/manual processes + resilient, observable services
- Ensure compliance with WORM, SEC 17a-4, retention schedules, legal/tax holds, and disposition controls.
- Own migration execution artifacts: cutover plans, rollback strategies, reconciliation evidence, and audit support.
3) Architecture & Design
- Define Python-first, performance-aware architectures for archiving platforms.
- Make design decisions that balance:
- Cost efficiency
- Processing speed and scalability
- Regulatory risk and auditability
- Produce concise architecture artifacts (C4, ADRs, ingestion/disposition flows) that directly support efficient delivery.
- Review designs and implementations to ensure efficiency considerations are embedded early—not added later.
4) Cloud & Platform Enablement
- Design and implement cloud-ready archive tooling (public/private/hybrid), including:
- Secure ingestion pipelines
- Metadata processing and enrichment
- Monitoring, alerting, and reporting
- Implement infrastructure-as-code and environment parity for archive platforms.
- Embed security controls: IAM, encryption, key management, entitlement enforcement, and audit logging.
5) AI-Assisted Engineering & Innovation
- Apply AI tools to accelerate:
- Code refactoring and modernization of legacy archive tooling
- Automated test generation for ingestion and disposition workflows
- Documentation and runbook creation
- Explore AI-assisted automation for archive operations (triage, anomaly detection, reconciliation support).
- Ensure responsible AI usage with human oversight and compliance alignment.
6) Collaboration, Governance & Influence
- Partner closely with Records Management, Legal, Compliance, Data Governance, and Platform teams.
- Mentor engineers on Python best practices, archive domain patterns, and regulatory-aware design.
- Influence technical direction through execution quality and subject-matter expertise.
- Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and progress clearly to senior technology leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of enterprise software engineering experience with strong modernization ownership.
- Advanced, hands-on expertise in Python for building production services and automation.
- Proven experience modernizing records archiving or data lifecycle platforms.
- Strong working knowledge of Perl, Shell, and Java for legacy assessment and migration.
- Deep understanding of Unix/Linux, batch processing, and high-volume file ingestion systems.
- Experience operating in regulated, audit-heavy environments.
Technical Skills
Core (Python-First)
- Python (advanced): services, tooling, concurrency, packaging, dependency management
- Testing: unit/integration/contract testing for ingestion and disposition flows
- APIs, messaging, batch orchestration, idempotency and error handling
Archiving Domain
- Archive ingestion, reconciliation, and retrieval patterns
- Retention schedules, legal/tax holds, WORM compliance
- Disposition workflows and evidence generation
- Platforms: Archive360, ERA, IBM CMOD (or equivalent)
Cloud & Operations
- Containers, orchestration platforms
- Infrastructure as Code
- Observability, performance tuning, RCA participation
AI & Automation
- AI coding assistants and refactoring tools
- Workflow automation and agent-based tooling (nice to have)
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $170,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Software Architect
Align your credentials to U.S. specialty occupation standards
USCIS evaluates whether your degree field directly relates to Software Architect duties. A three-year Australian bachelor's in computer science or software engineering is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree, but document that equivalency explicitly in your visa application.
Target employers with existing LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify companies that have certified LCAs for software architecture or systems design roles. Prior LCA activity signals an employer already understands the E-3 sponsorship process and is set up to move quickly.
Clarify the E-3 advantage over H-1B in interviews
When an employer raises H-1B sponsorship concerns, explain that the E-3 has no lottery, no annual cap, and can be filed directly at a U.S. consulate. Many hiring managers conflate the two, and your ability to explain the difference removes the most common objection before it stalls an offer.
Get your LCA certified before your consulate appointment
Your employer must file and receive a certified LCA from DOL before you can apply for the E-3 visa. The LCA certifies the offered wage meets prevailing wage levels for Software Architect roles in your work location. Filing early avoids delays if DOL requests additional documentation.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for end-to-end support
Software Architect roles often involve complex work arrangements like remote teams or multi-site clients, which can complicate LCA location requirements. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service handles your LCA filing, visa paperwork, and consulate preparation, so these details don't fall through the cracks.
Confirm your job offer specifies a degree requirement
E-3 specialty occupation status depends on the role requiring at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific field. If your offer letter says a degree is preferred rather than required, ask the employer to update the language before the LCA is filed, as officers flag this distinction during adjudication.
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Migrate Mate lists Software Architect roles from employers who have active E-3 and LCA filing history, so you're not cold-applying to companies unfamiliar with Australian visa sponsorship. Filtering by role and visa type surfaces positions where the employer already understands the process, which significantly shortens the time from offer to filing.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Software Architect role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3 visa?
Software Architect roles qualify as specialty occupations because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or information systems. USCIS looks at whether the degree requirement is inherent to the role, not just preferred. Job descriptions that frame the degree as optional can create complications, so confirm the requirement is explicit in your offer letter and LCA before filing.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Software Architect roles?
The E-3 and H-1B both cover Software Architect roles as specialty occupations, but the practical experience is very different. The H-1B is subject to an annual lottery with roughly a one-in-four selection rate, while the E-3 has a 10,500-annual allocation that has never been exhausted. You can apply for the E-3 directly at a U.S. consulate in Australia without waiting for a fiscal year cycle, which means faster starts after an offer.
Can I change employers or projects while on an E-3 visa as a Software Architect?
You can change employers on an E-3, but your new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp reflecting the updated sponsorship before re-entering the U.S. If you're already inside the country, some attorneys advise a change of status filing, but most E-3 holders renew at a consulate when switching roles. There's no portability provision like the one that exists for certain other visa categories.
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