State Street

State Street

Domain Architect, Identity (MD)

Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$283kDetected 2 days ago
CybersecurityZero TrustLeadershipCollaborationCISSP

About the role

  • The role is intentionally architecture-led rather than operations-led.
  • Salary Range: $170,000 - $282,500 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.

Responsibilities

  • Own the enterprise Identity domain target architecture, including IAM, IGA, PAM, CIAM, machine and non-human identities, federation, and authorization services.
  • Define and maintain Identity reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural principles, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and Zero Trust objectives.
  • Serve as the final design authority for material identity solutions and major identity-related programs.
  • Partner with IAM product, engineering, and operations leaders to ensure architectural intent is realized consistently in delivery.
  • Escalate and arbitrate design decisions that have enterprise-wide risk, cost, or precedent implications.
  • Embed security-by-design, least privilege, strong authentication, and auditability across all identity patterns.
  • Act as a trusted architectural partner in regulatory discussions where identity design is material to outcomes.
  • Mentor and develop senior and principal-level identity architects.
  • Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of regulatory, audit, and risk considerations in financial services.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Nice to have

  • Translate business, regulatory, and cybersecurity strategy into a clear, sequenced Identity architecture roadmap.
  • Guide modernization initiatives including platform rationalization, cloud-native identity, passwordless authentication, and identity orchestration.
  • Operate as the Identity Domain counterpart to Central Enterprise Architecture, ensuring alignment while defending domain-specific architectural needs.
  • Contribute identity expertise to Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and Technology Review Boards (TRB).
  • Ensure Identity architectures align with financial-services regulatory expectations and internal risk frameworks.
  • Provide architectural leadership for non-human identity, service accounts, secrets management, and agentic / AI identity patterns.
  • Continuously assess emerging identity standards, protocols, and industry practices, incorporating them where strategically appropriate.
  • Influence senior stakeholders across technology, cybersecurity, and the business without direct authority.

Compensation

  • $170,000 - $282,500 Annual
  • incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)

Benefits

  • Education & Certifications (preferred)
  • 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

Visa & Work Authorization

  • gin, 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 a

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