Red Team Lead Engineer

State Street UK

Boston, United States
$120,000 - $202,500 annual py
On-site
Adversary emulation activities
Threat-informed security testing
Offensive security operations
The Red Team Lead Engineer will guide and execute adversary‑emulation activities, threat‑informed security testing, and controlled offensive security operations

Job Summary

  • The Red Team Lead Engineer will guide and execute adversary‑emulation activities, threat‑informed security testing, and controlled offensive security operations.
  • This role will collaborate with technical subject‑matter experts, security leadership, process and risk stakeholders, cyber threat intelligence analysts, defensive operations teams, and business system owners to ensure testing scenarios accurately represent realistic adversary behaviors and align with enterprise risk priorities.
  • 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.

Matching Summary

The Red Team Lead Engineer will guide and execute adversary‑emulation activities, threat‑informed security testing, and controlled offensive security operations.

Salary

$120,000 - $202,500 Annual

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Adversary emulation activities
  • Threat-informed security testing
  • Offensive security operations
  • Identity and access management
  • Data protection
  • Cloud and infrastructure security
  • Detection engineering
  • Incident-response workflows

Nice-to-have

  • Emerging threats awareness
  • Automation using scripting languages
  • Shaping direction and guiding decisions
  • High integrity and professionalism

Key Requirements

  • 4–6 years leading and/or conducting penetration testing or red-team activities
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent advanced security experience
  • Broad expertise across networks, operating systems, cloud, and security controls
  • Strong knowledge of threat-informed testing and attack frameworks
  • Experience coordinating with defensive teams to evaluate detections
  • Ability to script and automate tasks using common languages
  • Exceptional communication and reporting skills for diverse audiences

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Not specified

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