Crypto Agility Intelligence Analyst

State Street; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 118,750; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Analyst to support the Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Program. The role focuses on monitoring cryptographic threats, tracking PQC developments, and reporting risk insights to security stakeholders.

You will collaborate with encryption engineers, security architects, and technology teams to strengthen cryptographic controls and resilience, while maintaining robust documentation and evidence for governance and audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, security operations, IT audit, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, or related field.
• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles, encryption, authentication, and data protection concepts.
• Basic knowledge of cryptographic technologies, including TLS, PKI, certificates, hashing, and encryption.
• Exposure to scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, Java, JavaScript, C#, or SQL.
• Experience conducting research, data analysis, or technical investigations.
• Knowledge of post-quantum cryptography, cryptographic asset management, software supply chain security, or cryptographic inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor industry, regulatory, vendor, and academic sources for emerging cryptographic threats, vulnerabilities, standards changes, and technology developments.
• Track developments related to encryption algorithms, cryptographic protocols, PQC, key management, digital certificates, and cryptographic libraries.
• Research and summarize cryptographic intelligence from multiple sources and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Assist in identifying and assessing cryptographic risks that may impact applications, infrastructure, or security controls.
• Support the creation of intelligence reports, risk summaries, dashboards, metrics, and presentations for security and technology teams.
• Maintain inventories, datasets, and documentation used to support cryptographic risk monitoring and analysis activities.
• Participate in periodic reviews of external advisories, standards publications, and vendor security announcements.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to understand cryptographic implementations and support remediation planning.
• Contribute to evidence gathering and reporting activities that support internal governance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in maintaining processes, playbooks, and operating procedures for the Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Program.
• Collaborate with other Cyber Threat Intelligence teams to establish consistent threat intelligence processes and tooling.
• Apply the Admiralty System to manage source reliability and information credibility for automated intelligence processing.
• Continuously build knowledge of cryptographic concepts, cybersecurity trends, and emerging technologies.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Verbal communication

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Curiosity

Learning mindset

Stakeholder communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Java

JavaScript

C#

SQL

Job description

State Street is seeking a Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Analyst to support the Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Program. The role focuses on monitoring cryptographic threats, tracking PQC developments, and reporting risk insights to security stakeholders.

You will collaborate with encryption engineers, security architects, and technology teams to strengthen cryptographic controls and resilience, while maintaining robust documentation and evidence for governance and audits.