Staff Perimeter Security Architect (Hybrid)

State Street; Devon (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

State Street seeks a Staff Perimeter Defense Engineer to lead the strategy, architecture, and engineering of enterprise perimeter security. You will partner with Network, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to deploy secure, internet-facing networks and defend against external threats.

You will drive security initiatives for next‑gen firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection, ZTNA, SSE, and VPN, while integrating with SIEM/SOAR and threat intel to continuously reduce risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, network security, security engineering, or security architecture.
• 5+ years designing and implementing perimeter security technologies and controls.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise perimeter security strategy, architecture, and roadmap.
• Lead evaluation, implementation, and continuous improvement of perimeter security controls and technologies.
• Partner with Network Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to design secure networks and internet-facing architectures.
• Collaborate with CDC to enhance detection, investigation, threat hunting, and response for network/perimeter attacks.
• Lead security initiatives involving next‑generation firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection, secure web gateways, remote access security, API protection, and Zero Trust.
• 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 PoCs, product evaluations, and vendor assessments for network and perimeter security solutions.
• Track and report 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

Zscaler

Palo Alto Networks

Cloudflare

F5

Zero Trust

WAF

DDoS protection

SIEM/SOAR integration

Threat intelligence

Education

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

Tools

WAF

DDoS protection

ZTNA

SSE

SASE

VPN

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

State Street seeks a Staff Perimeter Defense Engineer to lead the strategy, architecture, and engineering of enterprise perimeter security. You will partner with Network, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Application teams to deploy secure, internet-facing networks and defend against external threats.

You will drive security initiatives for next‑gen firewalls, WAF, DDoS protection, ZTNA, SSE, and VPN, while integrating with SIEM/SOAR and threat intel to continuously reduce risk.