Application & Cloud Security Lead

S&P Global; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Generous leave

Continuous learning

Retirement planning

Family benefits

Discount programs

Job summary

S&P Global Energy Division is seeking an Application & Cloud Security Lead in Hyderabad, India, to coordinate security across applications, cloud, and AI-enabled environments. You will translate cybersecurity requirements into practical controls and influence engineering teams.

You will conduct security architecture reviews, enforce secure coding, manage risk remediation, and deliver metrics to leadership while aligning with enterprise standards and risk appetite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in cybersecurity, CS, IT, or engineering.
• 5–8+ years in cybersecurity with emphasis on application and cloud security and architecture.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews for apps, APIs, cloud, data platforms.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD security, containers, Kubernetes, and software supply chain security.
• Familiar with cloud security tools (CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP, SIEM) and AI security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead application, cloud, and AI security initiatives across the Energy Division.
• Conduct security architecture reviews for applications, APIs, cloud platforms, data flows, and AI solutions.
• Embed security requirements into design, development, deployment, and operations.
• Enforce application security controls including secure coding, remediation, secrets management, and supply chain security.
• Oversee cloud security controls across public clouds: IAM, encryption, logging, monitoring, and secure configs.
• Review AI/ML use cases for security risks, data leakage, prompt injection, and third-party AI risk.
• Track remediation of findings with accountable technology owners.
• Support risk assessments, audits, and security reporting for Energy apps and cloud services.
• Develop metrics and executive reporting on security posture and initiatives.
• Serve as security advisor between Energy Division and Enterprise cybersecurity teams.

Skills

Security architecture

Application security

Cloud security

DevSecOps

CI/CD security

Container security

Kubernetes security

AI security

Risk management

Stakeholder collaboration

Public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity or engineering

Tools

CSPM

CWPP

CNAPP

SIEM

Vulnerability management

Container scanners

Identity governance

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

Role Summary
The Application & Cloud Security Lead will serve as a key security leader within the S&P Global Energy Division BISO team, responsible for coordinating security initiatives across application, cloud, and AI-enabled environments. This role directly supports the protection of applications, data, systems, and reputation by proactively managing cyber risk, strengthening resilience and embedding security into everything we do.

The successful candidate will partner with technology, product, engineering, cloud, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure security is integrated into architecture, delivery, operations, and innovation. The role will focus on security architecture reviews, application security governance, cloud security enforcement, AI security oversight, risk remediation, and alignment with enterprise cybersecurity standards.

This position requires a hands‑on security leader who can translate cybersecurity requirements into practical controls, influence engineering teams, guide secure design decisions, and drive measurable improvements in cyber resilience across the Energy Division.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate application, cloud, and AI security initiatives across the S&P Global Energy Division in alignment with S&P Global's cyber risk management objectives.
• Conduct security architecture reviews for applications, APIs, cloud platforms, data flows, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions to identify risks and recommend secure design improvements.
• Partner with engineering, product, architecture, cloud, and business teams to embed security requirements into solution design, development, deployment, and operations.
• Enforce application security controls, including secure coding practices, vulnerability remediation, authentication, authorization, secrets management, dependency security, and software supply chain risk management.
• Oversee cloud security control implementation across public cloud environments, including identity and access management, network security, encryption, logging, monitoring, workload protection, and secure configuration.
• Review and assess AI and machine learning use cases for security risks, including data leakage, prompt injection, model exposure, access control, third‑party AI risk, and misuse scenarios.
• Track, prioritize, and drive remediation of application, cloud, and AI security findings, exceptions, and risk acceptances in partnership with accountable technology owners.
• Support cyber risk assessments, compliance reviews, audit requests, and security reporting related to Energy Division applications, cloud services, and AI-enabled platforms.
• Develop and maintain metrics, dashboards, and executive‑level reporting to communicate security posture, risk trends, remediation progress, and key security initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted security advisor and liaison between the Energy Division and Enterprise cybersecurity teams, promoting secure‑by‑design practices and consistent adoption of security standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5-8+ years experience in cybersecurity, with a strong focus on application security, cloud security, security architecture, and/or technology risk management.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews for applications, APIs, cloud platforms, data platforms, and enterprise technology solutions.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD security, container security, Kubernetes security, infrastructure‑as‑code scanning, secrets management, and software supply chain security.
• Experience with cloud security tools such as CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP, SIEM, vulnerability management platforms, container scanners, and identity governance tools.
• Familiar with AI security concepts such as prompt injection, model access control, sensitive data exposure, model monitoring, adversarial testing, AI red teaming, and third‑party AI risk.
• Experience working with public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience partnering with cross‑functional stakeholders including technology, product, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, and business teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical security risks to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to prioritise risks, influence remediation, and drive outcomes in a complex enterprise environment.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, SABSA, CCSK, Cloud Vendor Certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Security — Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer) or equivalent credentials.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company‑matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best‑in‑class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to [e-mail] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Job Information

Job ID: 329736

Posted On: 2026-07-08