Data Architect / Engineer - Assistant Vice President
State Street · Posted Oct 14
Investment servicing, custody, asset management, and trading solutions for institutional investors
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About the role
State Street is a leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, where technology and cybersecurity are critical enablers of safeguarding information and operating at enterprise scale. The cybersecurity data, analytics, and AI function builds governed, AI-ready data foundations that improve threat detection, risk prioritization, and security operations. This Assistant Vice President role provides technical and architectural leadership, defining and delivering scalable Lakehouse and enterprise data platforms, integration frameworks, data models, and AI-ready architectures across structured and unstructured cybersecurity data.
What you will do
- Architect and deliver scalable Lakehouse and enterprise data platforms, pipelines, data models, and reusable data products.
- Define target-state data architecture, reference architectures, integration patterns, standards, and technical roadmaps.
- Design solutions for large-scale structured, semi-structured, time-series, graph, and unstructured cybersecurity data.
- Establish reusable frameworks for ETL/ELT, ingestion, orchestration, data quality, metadata, lineage, observability, and reconciliation.
- Establish architecture standards for scalability, resiliency, performance, security, privacy, governance, and auditability.
- Design AI-ready data architectures supporting LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector/semantic search, NLP, knowledge graphs, and intelligent workflows.
- Integrate data across cloud platforms, enterprise systems, cybersecurity platforms, and SIEM/SOAR ecosystems.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, engineering standards, technology evaluation, and solution governance.
- Partner with stakeholders to translate cybersecurity and business requirements into scalable data and AI solutions.
- Mentor engineering teams and drive reusable architecture patterns, automation, and engineering best practices.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong expertise in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Cloud Data Platforms, and AI/GenAI.
- Deep understanding of Lakehouse architecture, distributed processing, ETL/ELT, data modeling, integration, data quality, metadata, lineage, and governance.
- Strong hands-on skills in Python, SQL, PySpark, Databricks, Delta Lake, and cloud technologies.
- Experience designing enterprise-scale, secure, resilient, and governed data platforms.
- Practical knowledge of LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector/semantic search, NLP, knowledge graphs, and responsible AI architecture.
- Understanding of cybersecurity telemetry, SIEM/SOAR, vulnerability management, identity risk, threat intelligence, and incident data.
- Ability to influence architecture decisions and engage effectively with technical teams, architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders
- 15+ years of experience across Data Architecture, Data Engineering, enterprise data platforms, cloud, analytics, AI, or related technology disciplines.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and Lakehouse solutions.
- Strong experience with Python, SQL, PySpark, Databricks, ETL/ELT, distributed processing, data modeling, and AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, data governance, and engineering best practices.
- Experience in cybersecurity, financial services, regulated industries, or large enterprise environments is highly desirable
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills.
- This is an individual contributor role with strong cross-functional collaboration expectations.
- The role will require sound judgment when working with sensitive cybersecurity, risk, operational, and regulated data.
- The candidate should be comfortable balancing exploratory data science, production-minded analytical delivery, and stakeholder communication.
- Lakehouse, enterprise data modeling, data domains, data products, data contracts, integration patterns, reference architecture, metadata and governance
- Python, SQL, PySpark, Databricks, Delta Lake, ETL/ELT, orchestration, data quality, lineage and observability.
- LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector/semantic search, NLP, knowledge graphs, responsible AI and AI-enabled workflows.
- AWS, CI/CD, Git, automated testing and scalable cloud data processing
- SIEM/SOAR, security telemetry, vulnerability, identity, incident and threat intelligence data.
- Power BI, semantic models, operational metrics and executive reporting.
Benefits and support
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- employee networks
About State Street
State Street Corporation is a leading global financial services holding company providing institutional investors with investment servicing, investment management, and investment research and trading. Operating in more than 100 geographic markets worldwide, the company manages and administers trillions of dollars in assets through its core divisions like State Street Global Advisors and State Street Alpha. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, it traces its origins back to 1792.
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51000+ employees
- Founded
- 1792-06-25
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
John Woods
Chief Financial Officer
Mostapha Tahiri
President of State Street Alpha & Chairman of Asia Pacific
Ann Fogarty
Enterprise Chief Operating Officer
President and Chief Executive Officer of State Street Investment Management
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