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E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley · 3 months ago

Principal Authentication Engineer (IAM) — Vice President

positionNew York, New York, United States of America
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$150K/yr - $210K/yr
date10+ years exp

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley is a global leader in financial services, and they are seeking a Principal Authentication Engineer to join their Authentication Engineering team. The role involves designing, integrating, and operating standards-based authentication solutions at a global scale to ensure secure access for the workforce and platforms.

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Responsibilities

Lead Hands-On Authentication Engineering: design, build, integrate, and ship secure, scalable solutions for human and non-human identities (bots, service accounts, applications, agentic systems)
Own Enterprise Authentication & Federation: implement and harden OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI (mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth, and Unix/Linux authentication
Integrate and Customize IAM Platforms: deliver end-to-end integrations across Entra ID, Ping Identity, SailPoint, CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, IDM/LDAP, and RCBI in cloud and hybrid environments
Drive Reliability and Automation at Scale: operate and evolve large-scale IAM estates with HA/DR, performance tuning, IaC (Terraform), config management (Ansible/Puppet/Chef), CI/CD, observability, and safe deployment strategies
Harden and Govern Identity Controls: define and enforce policies for identity lifecycle, authentication, authorization, PAM, and secrets management for human and non-human identities
Assess and Uplift Existing Solutions: identify risks and technical debt, deliver remediation plans, and implement secure-by-default patterns with measurable outcomes
Translate Architecture into Executable Work: break down complex designs into clear epics, stories, runbooks, and pipelines; produce ADRs, standards, and audit-ready documentation to align engineers, SREs, POs, and QA
Partner and Operate Across Teams: collaborate with product/platform leads to scale adoption; participate in on-call, lead RCAs, and drive operational excellence

Qualification

Authentication EngineeringIAM Platforms IntegrationDeep Authentication ExpertiseResiliencyAutomationSecurity & Compliance AcumenSystems Integrator MindsetTeam Enablement & CommunicationShell ScriptingPythonGoEnterprise & Industry Savvy

Required

Hands-On Principal Engineer (not architect-only): design and implement—comfortable coding, configuring, integrating products, and shipping production outcomes
Deep authentication expertise: OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SSO, FIDO2/WebAuthn, PKI (CA/RA, mTLS, cert lifecycle), API auth (JWT/mTLS), and Unix/Linux authentication at enterprise scale
IAM platforms & integration mastery: experience with HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, CyberArk, SailPoint, Entra ID, Ping Identity, IDM/LDAP, and RCBI—covering policy design, integration, automation, and migrations
Resiliency and Automation at Scale: proven experience operating IAM/auth services across large, globally distributed environments with multi-region HA/DR, performance tuning, IaC (Terraform), config management (Ansible/Puppet/Chef), CI/CD, observability; strong Shell plus Python/Go
Security & compliance acumen: threat modeling, least privilege, PAM, secrets management, policy-as-code, and auditability for human and non-human identities (including agentic systems)
Systems integrator mindset: ability to customize and stitch vendor products and open standards into cohesive, well-documented solutions and APIs
Team enablement & communication: skill in decomposing solutions into clear epics/stories, authoring ADRs/runbooks/standards, conducting reviews, coaching engineers/SREs, and producing clear written documentation to influence stakeholders in an agile squad model
Enterprise & industry savvy: experience navigating large-institution environments; influencing roadmaps; driving adoption of controls and best practices; typically 10+ years in IAM engineering within complex, global settings

Benefits

Commission earnings
Incentive compensation
Discretionary bonuses
Other short and long-term incentive packages
Other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs

Company

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley

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E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley is a pioneer in the online brokerage industry.
dateFounded in 1982
location
Arlington, Virginia, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://us.etrade.com/home

H1B Sponsorship

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2020-02-20Acquired
1996-08-16IPO

Leadership Team

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Julia Miller
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