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Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America, United States of America
Onsite
We're seeking someone to join our team as a Lead cybersecurity engineer in Cyber to be responsible for the security design tooling and security architecture standards across the firm – translating compliance obligations into operable, developer friendly architecture patterns, while directly operating the design governance toolchain that makes those standards real.
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 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.
Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…
What you'll do in the role:
Architecture governance
Steward the security architecture standard across all verticals – ADRs, threat models, trust boundaries, and control plane design
Produce compliance traceability artifacts mapping architecture decisions to compliance requirements
Drive cross team architecture through influence with principal engineers and engineering leads
Support security standards, create templates and patterns to increase the efficiency and adoption of security programs.
Living Spec & Design Governance
Operate and evolve the design governance toolchain
Define the ADR lifecycles from creation to deprecation and ensure decision records remain the authoritative reference for architecture choices
Build integrations between spec platform and dev tooling to make compliance traceability continuous, not periodic
What you'll bring to the role:
Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of work experience in the IT field or equivalent.
Demonstrated experience designing and governing SDLC security controls at scale – SAST, SCA, OSS governance, and container scanning.
Hands-on experience with policy as code frameworks (OPA, Sentinel, or equivalent) and the ability to review and write policies, not just evaluate vendor tooling.
Experience producing architecture decision records, threat models, or equivalent design governance artifacts that served as authoritative references for engineering teams.
Strong written and verbal communication, ability to translate architecture decisions into compliance traceability artifacts and executive-facing recommendation documents.
Track record of driving adoption through influence.
Strong scripting background (Python, PowerShell).
Desired Skills:
A degree in Cybersecurity and/or CISSP/CSSLP certification and keen desire to move to security field.
Business acumen to support the implementation of SAST, DAST, SCA, Container Security, API Security and IaC tools across the enterprise.
Ability to perform code reviews with minimal assistance.
A self-starter, with a strong desire for learning new technologies and applying them to solve problems.
Expertise in monitoring, alerting, reporting, and data analysis.
Experience with two or more of the application build environments like Jenkins, Gradle, Maven.
Familiarity with public cloud services.
Experience with two or more of the Secure SDLC tools like Github Advanced Security, Snyk, WhiteSource, Sonatype, X-Ray, Wiz.
Experience with Threat Analysis.
DevOps container/orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, etc.).
Experience with evaluation, integration and onboard of application security tools.
We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities, we help our clients raise, manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and asset management services.
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. These aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day, ensuring we do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences.
Wherever you are in our 1,200 global offices, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. 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.
At Morgan Stanley Alpharetta, we support the Firm’s global business and functions from Wealth Management and Institutional Securities to Technology and Operations, Finance and Human Resources. With the 2020 acquisition of E-TRADE, Morgan Stanley Alpharetta grew significantly and has grown its role in our Wealth Management business helping deliver a premiere experience for the digitally inclined investor and trader. Learn more about our work and culture in Morgan Stanley Alpharetta.
Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
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).
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.
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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.