VP, Product Security & Cloud Defense

State Street; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Insurance coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Incentive compensation

Tax-advantaged savings plans

Job summary

State Street is seeking a highly technical Security Guardian, Vice President, to serve as a strategic guardian to engineering, platform, and business teams. This role sits in the first line of defense and reduces technical security risk through architecture reviews, threat modeling, and embedded security controls across cloud and distributed environments.

The ideal candidate is an experienced security architect who thrives with engineers, translating complex security principles into actionable

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with focus in Product and Cloud security and 3+ years within financial services.
• AWS or Azure Cloud Security certification is highly valued.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, and GIAC are preferred.
• Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams in an embedded security engagement model.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on security assessments at the application, platform, and system levels using threat modeling, architecture review, and vulnerability analysis.
• Design and embed concrete security controls into system and application architectures, including identity, cryptography, network isolation, and secure defaults across cloud environments.
• Own and drive down security risk by engaging with engineering and platform teams, validating controls in production and against threat models.
• Partner with engineering teams as an embedded product security expert, reviewing architecture and code paths to build secure systems by default.
• Provide security guidance to senior leadership, translating tradeoffs into actionable mitigation strategies based on architecture, cloud primitives, and secure software delivery.

Skills

Threat modeling

Architecture reviews

Vulnerability analysis

Embedded security

Cloud security

DevSecOps

Security guidance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

CISSP

CISM

GIAC

Agentic AI security

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

State Street is seeking a highly technical Security Guardian, Vice President, to serve as a strategic guardian to engineering, platform, and business teams. This role sits in the first line of defense and reduces technical security risk through architecture reviews, threat modeling, and embedded security controls across cloud and distributed environments.

The ideal candidate is an experienced security architect who thrives with engineers, translating complex security principles into actionable