Red Team Engineer

State Street

Red Team Engineer executing adversary-emulation activities and conducting security assessments. Collaborating with cybersecurity teams to enhance organizational defenses and resilience.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeQuincy • Massachusetts, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $120,000 - $202,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute authorized adversary‑emulation activities to assess defenses, security controls, and organizational resilience.
Perform targeted security assessments across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and enterprise technologies.
Collaborate with cybersecurity, technology, and risk stakeholders to develop realistic, threat‑informed testing scenarios.
Evaluate detection and response capabilities and support improvement through coordinated purple‑team activities.
Operate within defined approval processes, scopes, authorization boundaries, and safe‑testing protocols.
Develop or adapt tools and techniques to support realistic testing, ensuring secure and compliant usage.
Produce clear, audit‑ready reporting and support remediation to reduce identified risks and strengthen defenses.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent hands‑on security experience
2–4 years in penetration testing or red‑team activities
Broad experience with networks, operating systems, cloud, and security controls
Familiarity with threat‑informed testing and attack frameworks
Experience collaborating with defensive teams to validate detections
Ability to script or automate tasks using common languages
Strong reporting and communication skills across technical audiences

Benefits

Comp & perks

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)
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

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Hard Skills & Tools

Adversary-EmulationSecurity AssessmentNetwork SecurityOperating SystemsCloud SecurityAttack FrameworksDetection and ResponseTool DevelopmentRisk RemediationAudit-Ready Reporting

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunication Skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree