Lead Privilege Access Management Engineer

About the role

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 Lead Privilege Access Management Engineer position at the Vice President level, 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.

• Within CDRR - Cyber, the IAM team manages and implements controls which mitigate operational risks related to data leakage, unintentional or intentional disruption of production services and fraud.
• Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.
• Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.
• We're seeking someone to join our Identity Access Management Team to support strategic Privilege Access modernization roadmap team as Lead PAM Engineer in Cyber Data Risk & Resilience division.
• Role is expected to be responsible for the design, integration, implementation, and operationalization of enterprise authentication solutions used across the Privilege Access & identity ecosystem.

What you'll do in the role

• Lead Hands-On PAM Engineering: design, build, integrate, and ship secure, scalable Privilege Access Management solutions for human and non-human identities (bots, service accounts, applications, agentic systems), deploying Endpoint Privilege Management controls.
• Own Enterprise PAM products, Integration with Authentication & Federation: implement and harden Privilege Access solutions, OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI (mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth, and Unix/Linux authentication.
• Integrate and Customize PAM Platforms: deliver end-to-end integrations across IDIRA(CyberArk) On Prem, IDIRA(CyberArk) Pcloud, IDIRA(CyberArk) Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM), IDIRA(CyberArk) PTA, Entra ID, Ping Identity, HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, IDM/LDAP in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Drive Reliability and Automation at Scale: operate and evolve large-scale PAM estates with HA/DR, performance tuning, Infrastructure as a Code, Kubernetes application development and deployment, config management (Ansible/Puppet/Chef), CI/CD, observability, and safe deployment strategies.
• Harden and Govern Identity Controls: define and enforce policies for Endpoints Privilege management with IDIRA EPM for application and binary elevations, identity lifecycle, authentication, authorization, and secrets management for human and non-human identities.
• Assess and Uplift Existing Solutions: identify risks and technical debt, deliver remediation plans, and implement secure-by-default patterns with measurable outcomes.
• Translate Architecture into Executable Work: break down complex designs into clear epics, stories, runbooks, and pipelines; produce Technology Architectural Design reviews, standards, and audit-ready documentation to align engineers, SREs, Product Owners, and QA.
• Partner and Operate Across Teams: collaborating with product/platform leads to scale adoption; participate in on-call, lead RCAs, and drive operational excellence.

What you'll bring to the role

• Experience of 12+ years with background in Cyber security Engineering with Hands-On Principal Engineering (not architect-only): design and implement-comfortable coding, configuring, integrating products, and shipping production outcomes
• Deep authentication expertise: OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI (CA/RA, mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth (JWT/mTLS), and Unix/Linux authentication at enterprise scale
• In depth experience with deploying PAM, Pcloud, Endpoint Privilege Management to Cloud and hybrid environments including Azure or GCP.
• Privilege Access Platforms and Integration Mastery: Experience with Privilege Access solutions, Least Privilege Management with IDIRA(CyberArk) Product suites, on-Prem/Pcloud Vaults, PVWA, CPM, PSM, SIA, IDIRA EPM, IDIRA Privilege Threat Analytics (PTA), Privilege Threat detection engineering and implement use case execution for identifying both internal and external Privilege Access threats.
• IAM platforms & integration mastery: experience with HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, CyberArk, SailPoint, Entra ID, Ping Identity, IDM/LDAP, and Integrating with Authorization solutions like Opensource Policy Agent, solutions with Rego -covering policy design, integration, automation, and migrations.
• Resiliency and Automation at Scale: proven experience operating IAM/PAM, Endpoint Privilege Manager (SaaS), ISPSS services across large, globally distributed environments with multi-region HA/DR, performance tuning, IaC (Terraform), config management (Ansible/Puppet/Chef), CI/CD, observability; strong Shell, PowerShell plus Python.
• Security & compliance acumen: threat modeling, least privilege, PAM, secrets management, policy-as-code, and auditability for human and non-human identities (including agentic systems).
• Systems integrator mindset: ability to customize and stitch vendor products and open standards into cohesive, well-documented solutions and APIs.
• Team enablement & communication: skill in decomposing solutions into clear epics/stories, authoring decision reviews/runbooks/standards, conducting reviews, coaching engineers/SREs, and producing clear written documentation to influence stakeholders in an agile squad model.
• Enterprise & industry savvy: experience navigating large-institution environments; influencing roadmaps; driving adoption of controls and best practices; typically, 12+ years in PAM engineering within complex, global settings.

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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Pay and benefits

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between 135,000 and 195,000 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

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.