Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - Director

Morgan Stanley•New York, NY

2d•$120,000 - $165,000

About The Position

We're looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our Cloud and Platform Security team. In this role, you'll sit at the intersection of security, data and software engineering - translating complex, ambiguous business and security challenges into scalable, well-architected data solutions. You'll partner closely with security, product, and platform stakeholders to ensure our data systems are secure, reliable, and built for scale. This is not just a hands-on engineering role - it requires someone who can think strategically, communicate across disciplines, and turn business intent into technical reality. A core part of this mission is using data to deliver curated, actionable security guidance and intelligent prioritization directly to application teams, empowering them to make better and more impactful security decisions faster. 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 Senior Cybersecurity Engineer position, which is part of the job family responsible for providing specialist cyber expertise and creating solutions that protect the organization's systems and networks against actual and potential security threats and vulnerabilities. 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.

Requirements

Solid experience in software engineering, with a track record of shipping production systems
Proven ability to take complex, ambiguous business problems and synthesize them into clear, elegant at-scale technical solutions
Demonstrated experience building data products that deliver actionable insights or guidance to end users - not just pipelines for pipelines' sake
Experience building and operating platforms in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
At least 5 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.

Nice To Haves

Experience building developer-facing security tooling or platforms that guide application teams toward better security outcomes
Familiarity with vulnerability management data (CVEs, CVSS, EPSS) and how to apply it in prioritization models
Experience in a security domain i.e Cloud Security, Platform Security, AppSec
Hands-on experience with cloud-native services
Hand-on experience with data engineering at scale
Background working in regulated industries or with compliance-driven data requirements

Responsibilities

Contribute to the technical strategy and roadmap for security engineering within the Cloud and Platform Security domain
Design and build end-to-end data pipelines and platforms that support security telemetry, compliance reporting, and risk analytics
Help establish engineering standards, best practices, and patterns for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access control
Weigh in on key technical decisions and trade-offs, and communicate them clearly to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders
Partner with security, engineering, product, and compliance teams to deeply understand complex business and security problems
Break down ambiguous, multi-faceted challenges and translate them into actionable, well-scoped technical solutions
Drive discovery and requirements processes - asking the right questions to surface the real problem before jumping to solutions
Actively contribute to the design, development, and delivery of scalable data infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, and/or Azure). Build platforms that handle high-volume security event data (logs, alerts, audit trails, telemetry) with reliability and low latency
Ensure data quality, observability, and governance are first-class concerns across all systems
Participate in code reviews and design discussions, sharing knowledge and feedback with peers.
Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Act as a knowledgeable technical contributor to cross-functional partners, participating in architectural reviews and planning discussions.