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Title: Lead Application Security Engineer

Location: Virtual, US & Toronto, Canada

Grade: 11 (for internal purposes only)

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. The role provides Security engineering and Security Architecture consultation to build and enhance security in S&P Ratings Applications and Services

The Impact

This position 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.

Whats In It For You

This position is a senior technical role and will drive the Secure SDLC roadmap, assist with maturing the security engineering program, develop security tooling, mentor others and be hands-on partner to our software and QA teams to deliver innovative and secure applications

Responsibilities
Provides 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
Drives and guides 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
Develop, implement and maintain Application security strategy
Perform threat modeling, secure code reviews, and secure design reviews for high risk applications
Work closely with core services team, contribute to the development and evolution of the application and infrastructure security reference architecture, shared services 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
Coaches 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
Develops repeatable application security patterns to ensure that systems are placed within the relevant security zones based on the data they house and their purpose
Advises and approves of security architectures and changes impacting application security
Consults and assists with security incident response process
Consults 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
Implements development and SRE teams efforts in building Cloud Native applications by incorporating Cloud Security and Microservices Security best practices and industry standards
Evaluates Application Security efforts in evaluating new technology stacks and frameworks

Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
6 or more years of progressive related experience in Security engineering roles
Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Application Security, Web services security
Experience with threat modeling, risk analysis and control design
Experience architecting and leading security for Cloud native applications
In depth knowledge of network security, authentication and authorization
Experience with Security integration into CI/CD and experience in driving CI/CD adaptation for security controls
Advanced understanding of vulnerability exploitation chaining, and vulnerability remediation
Demonstrated programming expertise Java, Python
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, TLS, DTLS, ECC, Encryption expertise, PKI/Certificate

Preferred Qualifications
Exposure to the Agile SDLC process
Security Forensic analysis skills
In depth knowledge with AWS cloud architecture, and virtualization technologies, such as Containers, EKS, Kubernetes, and VMware
Experience performing threat modeling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements
Experience in defining and documenting security reference architectures and standards
Experience with automation tools and methodologies associated with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with SAST/DAST/SCA tools like Fortify, Veracode
Database, datalake knowledge Postgres, Oracle, Databricks, Snowflake
Familiarity with Secure SDLC frameworks such as NIST SSDF, OpenSAMM/BSIMM

Compensation/Benefits Information:

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $67,600 - $190,100. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location.

This role is eligible to receive S&P Global benefits.

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S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (the Policy) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policys requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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