Cloud Security Engineer

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 Cyber Security Engineering position at Director 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.

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.

The Cloud Security Engineer plays a critical role in the design, engineering, implementation, and operational support of the firm's multi-cloud infrastructure strategy across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining the foundational cloud services, security controls, networking architecture, identity solutions, automation frameworks, and platform integrations that enable secure, scalable, and resilient cloud adoption across the enterprise.

As the organization continues to expand its cloud footprint and integrate acquired businesses, this role is essential to ensuring consistent governance, operational excellence, and security across diverse cloud environments. The Cloud Security Engineer serves as a key technical leader responsible for reducing risk, accelerating cloud adoption, enabling developer productivity, and supporting critical business initiatives through standardized cloud platforms and automation.

What you’ll do in the role:

Design, implement, and manage foundational cloud services across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including landing zones, organizational structures, identity and access management, networking, security services, and shared platform capabilities.

Develop and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

Build and automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) technologies such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM/Bicep, and associated CI/CD pipelines.

Partner with Security, Networking, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, Application Development, and Operations teams to deliver secure-by-design cloud solutions.

Establish and maintain cloud governance, guardrails, monitoring, logging, and compliance controls across all supported cloud service providers.

Drive cloud modernization, standardization, and integration initiatives across new business acquisitions and legacy environments to ensure alignment with enterprise cloud operating models.

Support developer enablement through the creation of reusable platform services, automation capabilities, reference architectures, and self-service cloud solutions.

Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and operational issues across multi-cloud environments.

Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and recommend strategic improvements that enhance security, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Collaborate with risk, audit, compliance, and regulatory teams to support assessments, control validation, remediation activities, and evidence collection.

Contribute to cloud strategy, architecture reviews, technical standards, and long-term platform roadmaps.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related…