Senior Platform Engineer, Vice President

State Street; Quincy (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Performance-based awards

Tax-advantaged savings plans

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer, VP to architect and implement cloud and hybrid data solutions as part of the Cyber Architecture & Engineering team. You will deploy and maintain vast infrastructure using IaC tools, integrate new technologies, and collaborate with engineers, architects, and managers to drive cloud initiatives.

The role requires leading platform engineering efforts, mentoring engineers, and delivering scalable, reliable systems while minimizing ClickOps and

Qualifications

• 8+ years in production engineering and management (deployment, release, maintenance, migration).
• 8+ years in developing production code with Python, Golang, Ruby or JavaScript.
• 5+ years managing medium to large-scale production infra on AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience with cybersecurity platforms (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, ELK).
• Strong automation with Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, AWS CDK or similar.

Responsibilities

• Architect cloud & hybrid infrastructure across multiple providers and on-premises with multi-region HA & DR.
• Automate toil and drive SRE practices to improve reliability and velocity.
• Mentor Platform Engineers and lead cross-team engagements.
• Develop software tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations automation.
• Own platform end-to-end from user perspective and ensure live service availability.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Site Reliability Engineering

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

AWS

GCP

Azure

Jenkins

Harness

Spinnaker

Argo CD

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Python

Golang

Ruby

JavaScript

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Linux

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

AWS CDK

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer, VP

Who we are looking for

The State Street Cyber Architecture & Engineering team is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer, VP. The Cyber Data & Analytics team delivers models, insights, and tooling to help Cybersecurity teams make faster, more informed decisions as we work to secure State Street’s digital footprint.

Why this role is important to us

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the architecture and implementation of complex cloud & hybrid data solutions for all the customer teams at State Street in the form of an internal platform, deploying and maintaining our vast infrastructure using IaC tools, integrating new tools and technologies to boost efficiency and meet new challenges, and working with other engineers, architects, and managers to continue innovating in all the cloud efforts of the team.

What you will be responsible for

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will:

• Architect cloud & hybrid infrastructure across various cloud providers and on-premises locations with multi-region HA & DR capabilities

• Participate in Site Reliability Engineering practices, continuously remove toil by automating and designing it out

• Mentor Platform Engineers on the team and participate in knowledge sharing sessions

• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.

• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

• Drive the technical vision for platforms owned by the Platform Engineering team, continuously review the technologies used to maintain the optimal tech stack

• Develop software solutions for complex application and cloud infrastructure management and eliminate ClickOps

• Build a robust modern platform with a fusion of purpose-made code and industry-standard tools, increasing team effectiveness and eliminating unnecessary toil.

• Develop software tools for deployment, monitoring, alerting and operations automation

• Own the platform implementation and functionality end-to-end with clear understanding from the end user standpoint

• Maintain live services by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system performance

• Design and build petabyte scale systems for high availability, high throughput, data consistency, security, and end user privacy, defining our next generation of data analytics tooling

• Come up with solutions for scaling data systems for various business needs and collaborate in a dynamic and consultative environment.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of production engineering and management (deployment, release, maintenance, migration) using DevOps toolset and methodologies

• Minimum 8+ years in developing production code using at least one high-level programming language like Python, Golang, Ruby, JavaScript

• Minimum 5+ years in medium to large-scale production infrastructure management experience with at least one of the major cloud providers - AWS, GCP, Azure

• Experience building and managing cybersecurity platforms such as Splunk, Sentinel, ELK, Anvilogic, Crogl, Databricks, etc.

• Strong expertise in operation and workflow automation using tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet

• Production experience in the design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, AWS CDK or similar tools

• Deep understanding of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Harness, Spinnaker, Argo CD, etc.) and methodology, production experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines with a focus on helping teams release frequently to production while maintaining deployment reliability

• Medium to large-scale production infrastructure management experience with at least one of the major cloud providers - AWS, GCP, Azure

• Understanding of core cloud security principles, experience in securing cloud platforms

• Ability to troubleshoot and measure the performance of complex cloud environments

• Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals (networking, filesystems, kernel, isolation)

• Ability to transform business requirements into production-ready software components

• Strong end-to-end ownership, autonomy, and a good sense of urgency to enable proper self-prioritization

• Proven ability to self‑sufficiently lead projects and cross-team engagements

• Production experience with modern observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)

• Understanding of core concepts of distributed systems design

• Excellent communication skills

Work Requirements

This is a hybrid position with 3 days of the week spent at the office, with an 8 AM to 5 PM work schedule.

Salary Range:

$120,000 - $202,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

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