Senior Perimeter Security Architect

STATE STREET CORPORATION; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off and disability benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Incentive compensation

Job summary

STATE STREET CORPORATION is seeking a Staff Perimeter Defense Engineer to lead strategy, architecture, and engineering of perimeter security across external networks, internet-facing services, apps, and remote access environments.

You will collaborate with Network Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to deploy secure architectures and drive defense capabilities with SIEM/SOAR integration, threat intelligence, and analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, network security, security engineering, or security architecture.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing and implementing perimeter security technologies and controls.
• Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, PCNSE, CCNP Security, or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the enterprise perimeter security strategy, architecture, and roadmap.
• Lead the evaluation, implementation, and continuous improvement of perimeter security controls and technologies.
• Partner with Network Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to design and deploy secure network and internet-facing architectures.
• Collaborate with the Cyber Defense Center (CDC) to enhance detection, investigation, threat hunting, and response capabilities for network and perimeter-based attacks.
• Lead security initiatives involving next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls (WAF), DDoS protection, secure web gateways, remote access security, API protection, and Zero Trust technologies.
• Drive integration of perimeter security platforms with SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence, and security analytics solutions.
• Develop security standards, architecture patterns, and implementation guidance for perimeter security technologies.
• Lead proof-of-concepts, product evaluations, and vendor assessments for network and perimeter security solutions.
• Track and report key metrics related to threat prevention, attack surface reduction, control effectiveness, and risk reduction.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for perimeter security and defensive engineering initiatives.

Skills

Perimeter security

Zero Trust

Network security

Threat hunting

Incident response

Security architecture

Education

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

8+ years cybersecurity experience

5+ years hands-on perimeter security

CISSP/CCSP/PCNSE/CCNP Security or equivalent

Tools

Zscaler

Palo Alto Networks

Cloudflare

F5

WAF

VPN

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

STATE STREET CORPORATION is seeking a Staff Perimeter Defense Engineer to lead strategy, architecture, and engineering of perimeter security across external networks, internet-facing services, apps, and remote access environments.

You will collaborate with Network Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to deploy secure architectures and drive defense capabilities with SIEM/SOAR integration, threat intelligence, and analytics.