Morgan Stanley
Senior Detection Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America · Senior
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About the role
- Contribute to the function through complex project tasks and initiatives.
- Interact regularly with team members and occasionally leadership on a range of topics.
- Conduct proactive threat hunts and investigate cases and alerts to identify suspicious activity and detection gaps.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world?
- We're seeking someone to join our Threat Hunt and Cyber Detection team as a Detection Engineer in Cyber, Data, Risk and Resilience to build and improve threat hunting, detection, and analysis capabilities that protect the Firm from evolving cyber threats.
- Develop and maintain detection logic and threat hunting content based on adversary behavior, threat intelligence, and risk.
- Build and enhance bespoke tooling and automation using Python, Sigma, YARA, Elasticsearch, and Git to improve the detection engineering lifecycle.
- Experience in analyzing security telemetry and applying adversary behaviors and threat intelligence to develop detections and investigations.
Requirements
- Ability to process information, translate into plans and present summaries to stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Python for security automation and tooling, with experience developing or applying AI-assisted workflows, agents, or reusable skills to cyber security use cases.
- Experience with detection engineering technologies such as Sigma, YARA, Elasticsearch, and Git.
- At least 4 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.
Compensation
- Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $85,000 and $150,000 per year at the commencement of employment.
Benefits
- Collaborate with security engineering, operations, incident response, intelligence, and architecture teams to strengthen coverage and resilience.
- 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.
Company info
- This is a 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.
- At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals.
Equal opportunity
- Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.
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