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