State Street
Blockchain & Smart Contract Security , Vice President
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The Security Guardian – Blockchain & Smart Contract Security, Vice President
The Security Guardian – Blockchain & Smart Contract Security, Vice President, provides cyber risk management advisory services to the digital product line of business within State Street. This role is responsible for working closely with the development teams and aligned cybersecurity peers in protecting digital assets and blockchain systems by identifying vulnerabilities and issues, designing security controls, evaluating 3rd party cyber controls, designing threat models, and implementing Crypto Currency Security Standards (CCSS).
The Information Security Officer will be a strategic change agent that, in addition to providing cyber advisory services to the digital product team, will also be a thought leader to protect the bank. Focusing on transformation, the Information Security Officer will assess ways to further strengthen the banks’ cyber security resiliency aligned to the digital products.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Cyber risk assessment at the application/platform/system levels to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats.
- Through collaboration, design appropriate end to end cyber remediation solutions to remediate risk.
- Oversee the timely remediation of cyber issues aligned to digital product.
- Strong technical collaboration with application and platform owners.
- Provide expert guidance and recommendations to senior management on security matters, including risk mitigation solutions, new attack vectors and prevention, and securing blockchain architecture and decentralized applications.
- Strong technical expertise in at least three focus areas specifically in Multi-Cloud, AI, Blockchain, Smart Contracts and cryptography.
- Fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Strong technical knowledge in network security, product security, and data protection.
- Strong conceptual understanding of public, private, consortium, and hybrid blockchain technologies.
- Good understanding of agile methodology, procedures, and iterative decision making.
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Qualifications
- At least 7 years of progressive cybersecurity experience with 3+ years within financial services.
- 2+ years of operationally focused cybersecurity practitioner working with blockchain technologies.
- 2+ years’ experience working with business leadership across enterprise projects.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication (written and verbal) and advisory skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently and in teams, adaptability, and ethical judgment.
- Demonstrate strategic and tactical thinking, along with decision-making skills and business acumen.
- Strong knowledge of applied cryptography and secure architecture/design principles related to blockchain and smart contracts.
- Proven experience auditing and securing blockchain platforms and smart contracts based applications.
- Strong knowledge of common vulnerabilities and their mitigations in blockchain and smart contracts platforms.
- Beneficial to have secure programming experience in Python and Solidity but not required.
- At least one - Professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Blockchain Security Professional (CBSP), or Certified AI Security Professional (CAISP).
- AWS or Azure Cloud Security is preferable but not required.
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