The Team 

S&P Ratings Security team focuses on protecting our clients and users from all aspects of modern-day security threats. The mission of our team is to safeguard systems and data by developing innovative solutions for the biggest security challenges. We are looking for a Senior security engineer responsible for development and implementation of security architecture and engineering best practices across S&P Ratings technology platforms. This role will provide Security engineering and Security Architecture consultation to build and enhance security in S&P Ratings Applications and Services including GenAI applications. 

Responsibilities and Impact 

This is a Director-level individual contributor role that will work across Security, software development, Data science/LLM, QA, and Operations teams to identify component and system level technical risks, identify and evaluate critical failure points, determine technical security controls to mitigate risks, prioritize and schedule controls with application development timelines, and work with cross functional teams to implement remediations. 

This role will drive the Secure SDLC roadmap, GenAI security strategy, and Cloud security architecture, assist with maturing the security engineering program, develop security tooling, mentor others and be hands-on partner to our development teams to deliver innovative and secure applications. 

A successful candidate for this position will:  

• Develop, implement and maintain Application security and GenAI security strategy 
• Provide architectural guidance on best practices regarding security in software development, shared services, user interface design frameworks, high performance messaging solutions, server-side development, integrations, tools and technologies 
• Drive and guide the specification and realization of a security architecture, with decisions driven by balancing security risks faced by the business along with customer or market requirements 
• Perform threat modeling, secure code reviews, and secure design reviews for high-risk applications, evaluate new technology stacks and frameworks 
• Perform vulnerability research, serve as technical security/risk advisor for new technology/applications developed by S&P Ratings 
• Determine testing requirements and develop strategies to automate security testing using a variety of scripting and open source tools 
• Assist developers in remediating vulnerability findings by providing line-by-line guidance 
• Coach development teams on security disciplines like Threat modeling, Security code reviews, provide training and education to developers on software security best practices 
• Maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies / products / trends related to security architectural solutions 
• Develop repeatable application security patterns to ensure that systems are placed within the relevant security zones based on the data they house and their purpose 
• Consult and assist with security incident response process 
• Consult on efforts to work with internal and external teams to effectively scope and drive Application Penetration tests that help identify and mitigate gaps in security controls 
• Guide development and SRE teams in building secure Cloud Native applications by incorporating Cloud and Microservices Security best practices and industry standards 

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $230,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

 
Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience 
• 12 or more years of progressive related experience in Security engineering roles 
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Application Security, Web services security, GenAI/LLM security 
• Programming expertise – Java, Python, Agile SDLC processes
• Experience with threat modeling, design reviews, risk analysis and control design 
• Experience architecting and leading security for Cloud native applications 
• In depth knowledge of network security, authentication and authorization 
• Advanced understanding of vulnerability exploitation chaining, and vulnerability remediation 
• Demonstrated expertise in product/application security architecture – Service oriented architecture (SOA), Network security, application security, web services, Angular, JavaScript 
• Security audit, Vulnerability assessment and packet analysis skills 
• TCP/IP stack knowledge, Encryption expertise, TLS, DTLS, ECC, PKI/Certificates 
• Identity & Access Management: AD/LDAP 

 
Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with AI technologies and services (e.g., OpenAI, Bedrock, etc.) 
• Expertise in the security of Gen AI models, including multi-modal models 
• Experience with the security of automation built around Gen AI inputs and outputs 
• Knowledge with AWS cloud architecture and virtualization technologies such as Containers, EKS, Kubernetes, and VMware 
• Experience in defining and documenting security reference architectures and standards 
• Experience with automation tools associated with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, and with security integration into CI/CD  
• Familiarity with SAST/DAST/SCA tools like Fortify, Whitesource 
• Database, datalake knowledge – Postgres, Oracle, Databricks, Snowflake 
• Familiarity with Secure SDLC frameworks such as NIST SSDF, OpenSAMM, BSIMM 
• Security Forensic analysis skills