VP , P4, Lead Cybersecurity Eng : Job Level - Vice President

Job Title: Application Security Architect
Job Level: Vice President
Division: Cyber Data Risk & Resilience / Cyber
Location: Bengaluru

Job Description

This is a Security Architect role in the Firm's Security Design team in Bengaluru. The ideal candidate will have strong technical application security expertise as well as comprehensive experience in software development, penetration testing, security code review, threat modeling and security training.

This role is part of a global Security Design team. The team performs security assessments of a wide range of internally developed applications and vendor systems hosted within Morgan Stanley. The team partners with application and application infrastructure developers as well as business owners.

The ideal candidate will be able to identify technical control gaps and provide detailed remediation guidance to developers. The ideal candidate will also be able to explain to business owners, the risk to the business introduced by the identified control gaps.

The ideal candidate will be able to technically mentor members of this team and build partnerships with developers.

This team works with all Technology divisions in Morgan Stanley.

This team will perform security assessments on a very diverse technology stack: i.e. from Internet facing web applications to internal thick clients, from iOS and Android applications to grid computing and mainframe, from C++ to .net, Scala, Erlang and Prolog.

Specific role responsibilities include:
- Act as the local escalation point for developers.
- Peer review security assessments.
- Validate identified technical control gaps and review security requirements set to remediate identified risks.
- Provide technical security training to the team.
- Ensure that the quality of security assessments is consistent and meets expectations.
- Provide architectural and implementation guidance to ensure developers follow security best practices.
- Communicate to the IT System Owners technical details on technical control gaps and provide attack scenarios relevant to the risks identified.
- Communicate to the IT System Owner detailed remediation guidance.
- Articulate risks introduced by technical control gaps to the application's Business Owner. Security Experience
- Application security expertise.
- Penetration testing experience.
- Ability to explain common application vulnerabilities and detailed remediation strategies to developers.
- Ability to explain technology risks introduced by application vulnerabilities to a system's Business Owner.
- Threat modeling experience.
- Ability to perform code reviews of control implementations.
- Ability to provide security training to developers.


Soft Skills:

- Technical lead.
- Strong interpersonal skills are critical, since the role involves working with developers and executives around the world.
- Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Thirst for technical knowledge.

Development
- Software architecture and development: the ideal candidate will have experience in designing and implementing enterprise applications.
- Programing languages: The ideal candidate will have experience with several practical programming languages such as Java, JavaScript and .net.

Educational Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent with minimum five years relevant work experience in high-paced, enterprise environment.
- MSc in Computer Science is a plus.

Additional
- Technology background in Financial Services.
- N-Tier application design and implementation, particularly enterprise web-based applications that cross company boundaries.
- Programming experience.
- Familiar with OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Risks
- CISSP certification

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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

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

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.