About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Role: Senior Lead GenAI Cloud Security Engineer  (Ratings) - Virtual

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 Principal security engineer responsible for development and implementation of security architecture and engineering best practices across S&P Ratings technology platforms. The role provides 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 position is a senior technical role and will work across software development, QA, SRE 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.   

The Sr. Lead GenAI Cloud Security Engineer will drive the Cloud security and GenAI/LLM security architecture, provide leadership to mature the security engineering program, develop security tooling, mentor others and be hands-on partner to our software, SRE and QA Teams.

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 $132,000 to $190,000. 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.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Qualifications 

• Hands-on experience architecting, automating, maintaining, and securing Cloud Computing Platforms (AWS/Azure) 
• Experience assessing security posture of cloud resources  
• Infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform) experience
• Experience working with modern development and deployment workflows (Docker containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms) 
• Strong knowledge in security fundamentals, threat modeling and security architecture
• Deep understanding of Internet technologies, DNS, TCP/IP networks (protocols, ports etc.)
• Experience with AWS Serverless application architectures, (e.g. Lambda, Kinesis, API Gateway, SQS, SNS) 
• Develops technical standards, testing, log analysis and vulnerability assessments; evaluating and recommending on procedures used to mitigate risks for Cloud platforms 
• Experience implementing cloud security posture management, workload protection, and cloud-native application protection platform tools (e.g. Prisma Cloud, Orca, Wiz)  
• Experience with cloud security analysis and design techniques  
• Experience with secrets/credential management systems, (e.g., Vault, CyberArk) 
• Experience in software development including Java, Python, and scripting languages  
• Advanced knowledge of secure architecture and design patterns for Cloud native Web, and Microservices  
• Advanced knowledge in security best practices, principles, and common security frameworks such as OWASP, NIST and ISO  

Additional Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines/tools (e.g. ADO GIT, ADO pipelines, Boards, Build & Package tools) 
• Experience with or an understanding of modern authentication and authorization protocols and concepts, (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, WebAuthn/FIDO2, Zero Trust) 
• Experience with applied cryptography 
• Deep understanding of OSI layer, TCP/IP networks (protocols, ports, etc.,)  
• Experience with WAF, DDoS and other attack mitigation solutions 
• Knowledge of the following development practices and concepts - Lean principles, including Shift left, DevSecOps, CloudOps, continuous delivery  
• Experience working with various Database systems (e.g., Oracle, Postgres) 

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the U