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Detection Engineer, Associate

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

Baltimore, MD, USA
Posted on Nov 28, 2024

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.

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


Cyber, Data, Risk and Resilience:
The Cyber, Data, Risk and Resilience (CDRR) division provides first-line defenses for information and cyber security, fraud, resilience, response and recovery, and technology risk and controls. The organization also includes Morgan Stanley's Firmwide Data Office, International Technology offices, and the Non-Financial Risk Technology organization.

Threat Hunt and Cyber Detection
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Threat Hunt and Cyber Detection (THCD) is looking for a talented individual to join our global team. The THCD mission is to seek out attacks against the Morgan Stanley network, to engineer detection strategies, and to reduce risk to Morgan Stanley assets. As a new Threat Hunt team member, you will be tasked developing and maintaining detections, triage cases and alerts and enhance our bespoke tools used to defend Morgan Stanley Network

This is a Cyber Security Engineering position at Associate 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.

What you'll do in the role:

· Contribute expertise in the following areas: threat hunting, red/blue team engagements, threat intelligence, data analysis, risk management, governance to a global team.

· Evaluate threats and countermeasures along with architecture to understand impact to enhance the overall security posture of the Firm.

· Leverage various technologies in a very high paced team including: Sigma, Yara, ElasticSearch, Git and Python.

· Contribute to daily monitoring of critical vulnerabilities, cyber events impacting critical third-parties/vendors, and notable cyber activity/campaigns that may impact the Firm.

· Help maintain and enhance our bespoke tooling, seeing your ideas implemented at the forefront of our hunting efforts.

What you'll bring to the role:

· Minimum 1 year of experience directly in Cybersecurity related fields (Hunt, Intelligence, Detection Engineering, Blue Teaming, Pen testing, Incident Response, SOC Operations, Cyber Risk) or relevant educational experience

· Ability to work with customers, gather requirements and distil them into complete solutions.
Detailed understanding of security architecture principals and best practices.
Good ability to code in python, a working knowledge of other programming languages is a welcome bonus

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley:


We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values 'putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back' that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. Our Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team, while our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. 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.


Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

Salary range for the position: $80,000 - $120,000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.


It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.