Senior SaaS Security Architect: SSPM & Threat Protection

State Street; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Senior Staff SaaS Security Engineer to join the Defensive Engineering leadership within Global Cyber Security. You will lead deployment, integration, and operationalization of SSPM, CASB, and threat protection across enterprise SaaS platforms.

Collaborating with application owners and platform teams, you will onboard SaaS apps, implement controls, and drive remediation of risks while designing integrations, telemetry collection, and automation workflows to maintain

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• 8+ years of information security experience with a focus on SaaS security, cloud security, identity security, or platform security.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with SSPM, CASB, SaaS threat protection, or related security technologies.
• Experience working in financial services or other highly regulated industries preferred.
• Relevant cloud or information security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, AWS/Azure Security) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment, integration, and operationalization of SSPM, SaaS threat protection, and governance across enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Partner with application owners, platform teams, and security stakeholders to onboard SaaS applications, implement security controls, and drive remediation of identified risks.
• Design and maintain SaaS security integrations, API-based telemetry collection, and automation workflows to provide continuous visibility into SaaS security posture and threats.
• Develop and maintain SaaS security standards, architecture documentation, operational procedures, and implementation guidelines.
• Track and report key SaaS security metrics, including application coverage, posture findings, threat exposure, and remediation progress.

Skills

SSPM

CASB

SaaS security

SaaS threat protection

APIs onboarding

Automation

OAuth/OIDC/SAML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

CISSP / CCSP / AWS-Azure Security certifications

Tools

Obsidian Security

Job description

State Street is seeking a Senior Staff SaaS Security Engineer to join the Defensive Engineering leadership within Global Cyber Security. You will lead deployment, integration, and operationalization of SSPM, CASB, and threat protection across enterprise SaaS platforms.

Collaborating with application owners and platform teams, you will onboard SaaS apps, implement controls, and drive remediation of risks while designing integrations, telemetry collection, and automation workflows to maintain