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Lead Cyber Defense Center Analyst

State Street
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Jun 2026
💰 $157,500/yr($90,000/yr$157,500/yr)

About the role

Who are we looking for:

State Street seeks to recruit a Lead Cyber Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst that will lead the triage, analysis and response to cyber-attacks. Join us in evolving our response capabilities to protect State Street, its customers and partners from the ever evolving and sophisticated global threat actors. State Streets Fusion Center is responsible for detecting and responding to various cyber threats 24/7 365 days a year, that are directed towards the enterprise.

The successful candidate will also partake in an on-call rotation.

What will you be responsible for:

  • Leading the cyber incident response process to ensure timely triage, analysis, containment, eradication and return to service for high severity or long running incidents.
  • Author incident status updates and closure reports to leadership.
  • Produce post mortem reports to identify lessons learned and recommendations.
  • Continuously prepare for incidents by updating and maintaining incident response plans, playbooks and procedures.
  • Manage and participate in cyber related exercises such as table tops and cyber ranges.
  • Measure the effectiveness and performance of the incident response process through KRI and KPI metrics.
  • Identify methods to continuously enhance the incident response process
  • Work closely with the SOC to drive development and collaboration 
  • Train and Mentor SOC personnel
  • Creating an environment which drives knowledge sharing with teams across the Fusion Center
  • Help developing the 24/7 Fusion Center mindset and follow the sun model

What we value:

  • Experience with investigating & managing major/complex cyber incidents end to end
  • Experience working/leading in a SOC or Fusion Center
  • Strong operating systems administration skills (Windows, Linux, Mac)
  • Strong malware analysis expertise
  • Experience in performing memory forensics
  • Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs) & Industry standard frameworks (NIST, Mitre Att&ck)
  • Knowledge of IT architecture and operations (computing, network, storage & cloud)
  • Strong working knowledge of security technologies including but not limited to SIEM, EDR/EPP, AV, ID/PS, HIPS, Web Proxy/Content filtering, AD, PKI and DNS

Education & Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Science or relevant experience
  • CISSP, CEH, OSCP,OSCE or GCIH or applicable certification in Security field
  • 4+ years in a cyber security SOC/IR type skill role – Incident Response, SOC Tier 3/Lead Analyst, Threat Hunter, Penetration testing, etc.

Additional Requirements

  • Financial Services experience a plus.
  • Software development and/or scripting experience a plus: Python, Powershell, SQL etc.

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

Salary Range:

$90,000 - $157,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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.

For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home.

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