State Street

AdvancedDefensiveArchitect

$120–203k Boston, Massachusetts, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Advanced Defensive Architect at State Street. Skills: Security Architecture, cybersecurity, network architecture, risk management. Execute vision, strategy, mission. Reduce security risks”

What You'll Achieve.

Design highly secure network segments; Design highly secure applications; Guide others to uplift security; Advise others to uplift security

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

security architecture analysis; evaluating system designs for cyber risk; Identify gaps in security architecture

Eligibility Requirements

travel when needed, operate across multiple geographic time zones

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Security Architecture, artificial intelligence, automation, translating requirements into security controls, security architecture analysis, evaluating system designs for cyber risk, control frameworks, principles, network architecture aligned to security principles, on-premises environments, colocation centers, cloud environments, app migrations, leveraging Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), visibility tools, payment systems, classified network architecture, network segmentation, coordinating efforts between stakeholders, presenting to executive audiences, cyber security threat actors, tactics, techniques, procedures, tradecraft, noteworthy attacks, cybersecurity principles, practices, defense in depth, computer network protocols, risk management processes, cybersecurity law, regulations, industry best practices, system design tools, techniques, server administration, software engineering principles, enterprise information technology (IT) architecture principles, systems engineering processes, hardware and software reverse engineering tools, secure software development, deployment, maintenance, Security Architecture Certification

Nice to Have

Master's Degree, working with information security teams, fusion centers, security operations centers, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability threat management, security incident management, cyber hunt, big data analysis, working with law enforcement agencies, external audit organizations, Self-starter, self-motivated, work independently, manage globally distributed team, presentation skills, develop and operate within a set financial budget

What You'll Do.

Reduce security risks

Understand system capabilities

Prioritize essential system capabilities

Determine baseline system security requirements

Develop cybersecurity designs

Support risk management

Integrate cybersecurity requirements

Define acquisition life cycle cybersecurity architecture requirements

Define security engineering requirements

Determine system consistency

Perform security reviews

Identify gaps in security architecture

Develop cybersecurity risk management plan

Document impact of new systems

Create system security architecture documentation

Create system security plans

Create system security projects

Use metrics for design effectiveness

Use metrics for architecture effectiveness

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

advising teams; coordinating efforts between stakeholders; managing a large, globally distributed team

Communication Scope

presenting to executive audiences; presentation skills; present technical issues to non-technical audiences

Process & Methodology

Develop and operate within a set financial budget

Full Job Description

**Who we are looking for** The **Advanced Defensive - Architect** is a member of a small team tasked with securing the firm's most critical network environments and applications. The Advance Defensive Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring the control posture for the firm’s most critical network environments and applications. This includes producing reference models, segments, solutions architecture, and advising teams as they build the system to ensure it is protected and aligns to required **Reports to:** Advanced Defensive Architecture Managing Director **What you will be responsible for** * Executing the vision, strategy, and mission of the Advanced Defensive Architecture organization. * Reduce State Street security risks by integrating controls aligned with the State Street’s goals and objectives into security architecture. * Understand and prioritize essential system capabilities, and business functions that must be achieved by a system. * Determine baseline system security requirements aligned to the criticality of the network environments and applications. * Develop cybersecurity designs for systems and networks with multilevel security requirements, and that process multiple data classification levels. * Support the Managing Director to understand, manage and reduce information security risks on behalf of executive leadership. * Integrate cybersecurity requirements into comprehensive designs, policies and plans for systems and networks. * Define acquisition life cycle cybersecurity architecture requirements and security engineering requirements. * Determine if systems and architecture are consistent with cybersecurity architecture guidelines. * Perform security reviews of the firm’s most critical network environments and applications. * Identify gaps in security architecture of the firm’s most critical network environments and applications. * Develop a prioritized cybersecurity risk management plan for the firm’s most critical

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