Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

Principal Authentication Engineer (IAM) — Vice President

New York, New York, United States of America · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
PythonGoTerraformAnsibleCI/CDLinuxOAuthAgentic AICybersecurityCommunicationMentoring

Responsibilities

  • implement and harden OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI (mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth, and Unix/Linux authentication.
  • identify risks and technical debt, deliver remediation plans, and implement secure-by-default patterns with measurable outcomes.
  • collaborate with product/platform leads to scale adoption; participate in on-call, lead RCAs, and drive operational excellence.
  • design, build, integrate, and ship secure, scalable solutions for human and non-human identities (bots, service accounts, applications, agentic systems).
  • design and implement-comfortable coding, configuring, integrating products, and shipping production outcomes.
  • At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals.

Requirements

  • experience with HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, CyberArk, SailPoint, Entra ID, Ping Identity, IDM/LDAP, and RCBI-covering policy design, integration, automation, and migrations.
  • ability to customize and stitch vendor products and open standards into cohesive, well-documented solutions and APIs.

Nice to have

  • proven experience operating IAM/auth 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 plus Python/Go.

Compensation

  • Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150,000 and $210,00 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.

Benefits

  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
  • 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.
  • 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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