Lead Privilege Access Management 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 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/Web Authn, PKI (mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth, and Unix/Linux authentication. Integrate and Customize PAM Platforms: deliver end-to-end integrations across IDIRA(Cyber Ark) On Prem, IDIRA(Cyber Ark) Pcloud, IDIRA(Cyber Ark) Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM), IDIRA(Cyber Ark) PTA, Entra , Ping Identity, Hashi Corp 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/Web Authn, 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(Cyber Ark) 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 Hashi Corp Vault, HSMs, Cyber Ark, SailPoint, Entra , Ping Identity, IDM/LDAP, and…