Associate Software Engineer Jobs in Caldwell, NJ

Job Summary:
Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, seeking to create positive economic impact and long-term value. The Software Engineer will ensure the reliability and integration of the firm’s physical security platforms, driving innovation and operational excellence.
Responsibilities:
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of physical security platforms through upgrades, patch management, and lifecycle planning.
• Develop and implement integrations across internally hosted and SaaS solutions using APIs, webhooks, event streams, and data pipelines to enable unified workflows and dashboards.
• Design and deploy automation scripts and workflows to streamline operations, enhance system performance, and reduce manual intervention.
• Ensure data quality, normalization, and taxonomy alignment across platforms to support analytics, alerting, and operational reporting.
• Collaborate with IT and engineering teams to design high-availability architectures, disaster recovery plans, and continuity runbooks for physical security systems.
• Align systems and processes with regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR/CCPA) and security best practices to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.
• Act as the technical lead for resolving platform-related incidents, including performing root cause analysis and ensuring timely resolution.
• Partner with vendors to evaluate new technologies, manage platform roadmaps, and oversee renewals and end-of-life planning.
• Provide technical support and system enhancements for the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), ensuring the integration and functionality of platforms critical to real-time monitoring, incident response, and decision-making.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years as a Software, Systems, or Platform Engineer delivering enterprise platforms.
• Proficiency in API development, event-driven architecture, and data pipeline tools (e.g., Kafka, Splunk, or similar).
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automating workflows and system tasks.
• Experience with data modeling, normalization, and governance frameworks to support analytics and reporting.
• Familiarity with identity platforms (e.g., Azure AD, Okta) and authentication protocols (e.g., SSO, SAML).
• Skills to design and maintain highly available Windows server environments, ensuring reliable performance, strong security, and scalable infrastructure that supports mission‑critical business applications.
• Experience with local and cloud-based solutions and SaaS integrations.
Preferred:
• Hands-on experience with physical security technologies such as CCure, Everbridge, SwiftConnect, Genetec, Ontic, Ambient, or similar systems.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements such as SOC, SOX, GDPR, and CCPA as they apply to physical security systems.
• Experience with local and cloud-based security solutions and SaaS integrations preferred.
• Exposure to data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Sigma) for creating dashboards and reports is preferred.
• Experience with badge provisioning and physical-digital identity workflows.
• Certifications such as CSPO/PSPO, PMP, SAFe POPM, or security certifications relevant to physical security operations preferred.
• Experience working in the financial services industry, particularly in highly regulated environments, is preferred.
• Product ownership experience with Backlog curation, prioritization, and outcome-based road mapping.
• Technical Expertise in API-first integration, data modeling, event-driven architecture, RBAC/ABAC, and SSO/IAM fundamentals.
• Security domain knowledge of access control, visitor management, mass notification, incident management, video platforms, and analytics.
• Deliver: familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, metrics-driven decision-making, UAT, and release readiness.
• Communication skills in order to provide executive-level updates, engage in vendor negotiation, and maintain clear documentation of decisions and processes.
Company:
Blackstone invests in private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, insurance, and other alternative assets. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in New York, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.