API Security Engineering Lead (Hybrid)
Morgan Stanley1 day ago
Montréal, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering, deployment, and operational management of API security and API discovery solutions.
- Drive enterprise onboarding and adoption of API security capabilities.
- Define and execute API inventory, discovery, classification, and governance strategies.
- Partner with application and infrastructure teams to improve API visibility, threat detection, and risk management.
- Own the API security product roadmap and associated project portfolio, including requirements, success metrics, and implementation plans.
- Coordinate integration with asset inventory/CMDB, SDLC and DevSecOps pipelines, WAF platforms, and security monitoring and analytics solutions.
- Lead stakeholder workshops, requirements gathering, vendor coordination, implementation, issue resolution, risk management, governance reviews, and escalations.
- Maintain security standards, procedures, operating models, audits, architecture requirements, metrics, KPIs, and governance processes.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to analysts and project contributors.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, security architecture, product management, or security program delivery.
- Strong understanding of API security, Web Application Firewalls, cloud security, security governance, and risk management.
- Experience leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives and delivering complex technology programs.
- Experience working with third-party security vendors and enterprise security platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience with API security platforms such as Akamai, Noname, or similar technologies is an asset.
- Knowledge of DevSecOps and software development lifecycle integration is preferred.
- Fluency in both French and English is required.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement combining remote work and attendance in the Montreal, Quebec office.
- Morgan Stanley offers comprehensive employee benefits and perks, support for employees and families, diversity and inclusion programs, and opportunities for internal career mobility.
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About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm that provides investment banking, sales and trading, wealth management, and investment management to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. It earns fees, commissions, and interest and trading income across advisory, underwriting, brokerage, and asset management businesses. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New York, the public company operates in more than 40 countries through thousands of offices, including a large U.S. wealth management franchise.