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 Cybersecurity Ops III position at Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents to ensure the organization's systems and data are protected from actual and potential threats or breaches.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

Division Profile

The Threat Hunting & Cybersecurity Detection team leverages offensive cyber tactics to identify threats within the Firm’s network through the creation of advanced custom cyber analytics to hunt for higher end cyber actors, also delivering high-quality, actionable threat intelligence to the Firm.

Role Profile

The Global Threat Intelligence team is seeking an innovative self-starter to join our Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team in Baltimore. In this role, you will support CTI’s data collection, curation, classification, triage and analysis. You will proactively monitor the threat landscape for new cyber threat activity, including threat actor techniques, vulnerabilities, and cyber incidents involving the Firm’s third-party suppliers, by leveraging open-source intelligence and vendor intelligence. You will use your knowledge of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and the cyber threat landscape to produce tactical, operational, and strategic reporting relevant to the Firm’s Intelligence Requirements (IRs), escalate intelligence to various technical teams, and coordinate with external peers and intelligence sharing groups to share and consume intelligence.

What you'll do in the role:

Key Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for collection, review, assessment, analysis, and escalation of information

• Responsible for the periodic review and fine-tuning of escalation thresholds

• Responsible for regional coverage of daily monitoring of intelligence related to the Firm’s IRs, including notable cyber activity/campaigns, critical vulnerabilities, and cyber events impacting critical third parties - authoring reports as necessary

• Responsible for contributing to the curation of collection feeds and queries based on intelligence and monitoring

• Perform assessment of actionable indicators of compromise for tasking

• Perform research, analysis, and reporting of finished intelligence products for a diverse stakeholder base, including (but not limited to) developing threat assessments for various technologies and tactical threat activity reports based on threat actor TTPs

What you'll bring to the role:

Experience & Skills Required (Essential):

• 5+ years’ experience in a cyber threat intelligence role

• Critical thinking and analysis skills and experience to carry out in-depth analysis of information to satisfy range of intelligence products

• Strong reporting skills and experience – tactical, operational, and strategic levels preferred

• Experience with intelligence data collection from multiple sources, leveraging automated and non-automated processes

• Experience communicating the analysis of cyber threats (written and oral) at both a strategic and operational level

• Working knowledge in following areas: vulnerabilities and exploits, malware, adversary tactics (TTPs), phishing, and financially motivated or APT threat groups

• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK

Experience & Skills (Preferred):

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or 4+ years equivalent technology experience

• Prefer background or experience in long form/strategic reporting on various technology types, including emerging technology, cryptocurrency/Distributed Ledger, Artificial Intelligence and its various forms, Quantum Computing, etc.

We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities, we help our clients raise, manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and asset management services.

All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values: do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. These aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day, ensuring we do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences.

Wherever you are in our 1,200 global offices, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. 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.

At Morgan Stanley Baltimore, we support the Firm’s global Technology, Operations, Risk Management, Legal and Compliance, Internal Audit and Finance divisions. Rooted in Baltimore since 2003, our talented and diverse team is one of the largest in the U.S. outside of our New York headquarters and home to industry leading cybersecurity innovation with multiple patents and awards. Learn more about our unmatched culture in Morgan Stanley Baltimore.

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.

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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).

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 89 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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Salary range for the position: $85,000 and $150,000 per year. 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.

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.

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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).