Cryptographic Agility Intelligence Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

State Street seeks a Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Analyst to support the development and operation of its Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Program. This centralized capability continuously monitors cryptographic intelligence to identify risks such as algorithm deprecation, protocol vulnerabilities, and quantum computing developments.

You will gather, analyze, and report on cryptographic risks and trends, collaborating with encryption engineers, security architects, risk partners, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in cybersecurity, CS, IT, info security, engineering or math.
• 1–3 years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, security operations, IT audit, threat intelligence or related field.
• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles, encryption, authentication, and data protection concepts.
• Basic knowledge of 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 or software supply chain security.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Curiosity

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Java

JavaScript

C#

SQL

Job description

State Street seeks a Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Analyst to support the development and operation of its Cryptographic Agility Surveillance Program. This centralized capability continuously monitors cryptographic intelligence to identify risks such as algorithm deprecation, protocol vulnerabilities, and quantum computing developments.

You will gather, analyze, and report on cryptographic risks and trends, collaborating with encryption engineers, security architects, risk partners, and