Senior Security Architecture & Governance Lead

Morgan-Stanley; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley’s Technology division is seeking a Senior Security Architecture Specialist to lead security design governance across the firm. You will steward architecture standards, ADRs, threat models, and control plane design while translating compliance obligations into operable patterns for developers.

The role involves building integrations between spec platforms and dev tooling, driving adoption through influence, and defining ADR lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of IT experience and security focus.
• Experience designing governance artifacts like ADRs and threat models.
• Hands-on with policy as code frameworks and compliance traceability.

Responsibilities

• Architectural governance across the firm including ADRs and threat models.
• Translate compliance obligations into operable security patterns for developers.
• Build integrations between spec platforms and dev tooling for continuous traceability.

Skills

SAST

SCA

OSS governance

Threat models

ADR lifecycles

Policy as code

Python

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Cybersecurity

CISSP/CSSLP certification

Tools

GitHub Advanced Security

Snyk

WhiteSource

Sonatype

X-Ray

Wiz

Job description

Morgan Stanley’s Technology division is seeking a Senior Security Architecture Specialist to lead security design governance across the firm. You will steward architecture standards, ADRs, threat models, and control plane design while translating compliance obligations into operable patterns for developers.

The role involves building integrations between spec platforms and dev tooling, driving adoption through influence, and defining ADR lifecycles.