Cloud Platform Engineering - Azure Security, AVP
Key Skills for This Role
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
- 15-20 years of extensive experience in cloud security, identity management
- 5+ years of direct people management experience leading Cloud engineering teams
- Demonstrated experience managing year-end reviews, performance management processes, career development, employee mentoring, and conflict resolution.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, including:
- Conditional Access
- Identity Protection
- Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Access Reviews
- Identity Governance
- Federation and SSO
- Strong experience with Azure IAM, RBAC, Privileged Access models, and Zero Trust architectures.
- Extensive experience with Azure Security services including:
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Key Vault
- Security Center
- Azure Monitor
- Security Governance Frameworks
- Strong expertise implementing Azure Policy, Policy-as-Code, Governance-as-Code, and enterprise cloud controls.
- Experience reporting platform health, risk, compliance, security, and delivery metrics to executive leadership.
- Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships across global organizations.
- Strong communication, presentation, influencing, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading cloud transformation programs within large-scale financial services or regulated enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Azure Landing Zones, enterprise networking, hybrid connectivity, and multi-cloud operating models.
- Strong experience developing infrastructure automation using Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Python, and CI/CD platforms.
- Hands-on expertise with Azure AD B2C / External Identities and customer identity management solutions.
- Experience building platform engineering organizations and self-service cloud capabilities.
- Exposure to AI-assisted engineering, Generative AI platforms, Microsoft Copilot, agentic AI frameworks, and automation-based operational models.
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, SOC2, PCI-DSS, and financial industry compliance standards.
- Microsoft certifications such as:
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Azure Security Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert
- Azure Administrator Expert
- Identity and Access Administrator Associate
- What We Value
- Strong people-first leadership approach.
- Strategic thinking combined with hands-on technical credibility.
- Executive presence and ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
- Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent.
- Strong conflict resolution and stakeholder management skills.
- Automation-first and AI-first engineering mindset.
- Ability to balance business priorities, risk management, security, and engineering velocity.
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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