Red Team Engineer

State Street; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Red Team Engineer to serve as a core technical contributor for adversary-emulation, threat-informed security testing, and controlled offensive security operations. The role will ensure all work is conducted within approved environments, scopes, and authorization pathways, with disciplined documentation of decisions, activities, evidence, findings, and outcomes.

The engineer will conduct comprehensive assessments across enterprise applications and infrastructure,

Qualifications

• Experience in red team operations and adversary emulation.
• Experience conducting threat-informed security testing.
• Strong documentation and audit-ready reporting.

Responsibilities

• Perform intelligence-driven assessments of enterprise systems and critical infrastructure.
• Evaluate detection, prevention, response, and governance controls.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and execute exercises.

Job description

Who We Are Looking For
As a member of the Red Team within the Global Cyber Security group, the Red Team Engineer will serve as a core technical contributor for adversary‑emulation, threat‑informed security testing, and controlled offensive security operations. The engineer will execute activities in accordance with State Street's standards and procedures, risk‑acceptance requirements, and regulatory expectations, ensuring all work is conducted within approved environments, scopes, and authorization pathways. The role also requires disciplined documentation practices so that assessment decisions, activities, evidence, findings, and outcomes are clear, traceable, and audit‑ready.

Who We Are Looking For
As a member of the Red Team within the Global Cyber Security group, the Red Team Engineer will serve as a core technical contributor for adversary‑emulation, threat‑informed security testing, and controlled offensive security operations. The engineer will execute activities in accordance with State Street's standards and procedures, risk‑acceptance requirements, and regulatory expectations, ensuring all work is conducted within approved environments, scopes, and authorization pathways. The role also requires disciplined documentation practices so that assessment decisions, activities, evidence, findings, and outcomes are clear, traceable, and audit‑ready.
The Red Team Engineer will conduct comprehensive, intelligence‑driven assessments of enterprise applications, critical infrastructure components, and associated operational and technical security controls. These assessments evaluate not only the security posture of targeted systems but also the effectiveness of the organization’s detection, prevention, response, and governance capabilities.
The Red Team Engineer will collaborate with technical experts across applications, platforms, and infrastructure, security leadership, and process stakeholders, threat intelligence and defensive analytics teams, security operations personnel, and business system owners to