Lead SSH & Machine Identity Platform Engineer

State Street; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Job summary

State Street in Austin, TX is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and adoption of SSH Certificate Authority capabilities, establishing ownership, standards and automation for SSH across the enterprise.

The role connects SSH governance with the broader machine identity and cryptographic services strategy, collaborating with infrastructure, Linux, cloud, and security teams to deliver scalable SSH solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cybersecurity, infrastructure, Linux, identity, PKI or privileged access engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of SSH, SSH keys, SSH certificates, Linux/Unix access patterns and privileged access controls.
• Experience with certificate authorities, PKI concepts, machine identity management and secrets management platforms.
• Experience automating identity, access or infrastructure workflows using scripts, APIs or orchestration tools.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise risk, audit evidence, operational controls and security standards.
• Strong ability to influence across multiple technology teams and drive adoption of new security capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and implementation of the enterprise SSH Certificate Authority capability.
• Define SSH certificate, SSH key lifecycle, trust and access patterns across the organization.
• Drive SSH key discovery, ownership mapping, remediation and lifecycle governance.
• Develop automation for SSH certificate issuance, rotation, revocation and reporting.
• Partner with infrastructure, Linux, cloud, privileged access and application teams to onboard SSH use cases.
• Align SSH capabilities with broader machine identity management, PKI and crypto operations strategies.
• Support vaults/secrets management integration points where SSH credentials or keys require stronger control.
• Define operational runbooks, monitoring requirements and escalation paths for SSH-related services.
• Support audit, risk and regulatory inquiries related to SSH controls and machine identities.
• Contribute to the long-term vision for centralized crypto operations support.

Skills

SSH

SSH Certificates

Linux/Unix

Privileged access controls

Automation scripting

PKI concepts

Job description

State Street in Austin, TX is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and adoption of SSH Certificate Authority capabilities, establishing ownership, standards and automation for SSH across the enterprise.

The role connects SSH governance with the broader machine identity and cryptographic services strategy, collaborating with infrastructure, Linux, cloud, and security teams to deliver scalable SSH solutions.