Red Team Lead Engineer - Threat-Informed Security Leader

VulnU; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match

Equity

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Red Team Lead Engineer to guide adversary-emulation, threat-informed testing, and offensive security operations across enterprise apps, cloud, and infrastructure. You will lead a team, design realistic scenarios, evaluate detections, and deliver audit-ready reports with remediation guidance while aligning with regulatory expectations.

This role requires deep technical expertise across networks, OS, cloud, and security controls, plus strong communication and leadership

Qualifications

• Senior Red Team experience with penetration testing or red-team activities.
• Experience coordinating with defensive teams to evaluate detections.
• Ability to script and automate tasks using common languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead adversary-emulation activities to assess defenses and security control effectiveness.
• Oversee and perform targeted security assessments across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and critical enterprise technologies.
• Guide team members, assign work, and review testing approaches for quality and safety.
• Collaborate with security, technology, and risk stakeholders to design realistic, threat-informed testing scenarios.
• Deliver audit-ready reports and provide remediation guidance to reduce identified risks.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent advanced security experience

Job description

State Street is seeking a Red Team Lead Engineer to guide adversary-emulation, threat-informed testing, and offensive security operations across enterprise apps, cloud, and infrastructure. You will lead a team, design realistic scenarios, evaluate detections, and deliver audit-ready reports with remediation guidance while aligning with regulatory expectations.

This role requires deep technical expertise across networks, OS, cloud, and security controls, plus strong communication and leadership