Associate Director - Application Security

1101 S&P Global Inc.; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 130.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health & Wellness

Flexible time off

Continuous learning

Retirement + education support

Family perks

Descripción de la vacante

The S&P Global SGA Application Security team seeks an experienced security leader to advance application security across the enterprise. You will drive testing, secure coding practices, and AI-enabled security capabilities in partnership with engineering and risk stakeholders.

You will mentor analysts, shape enterprise standards, and deliver audit-ready documentation while integrating security controls into GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and cloud-native environments to reduce risk and enable

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience in Application Security, DevSecOps, secure software.
• Proficiency in application security testing methodologies including SAST, SCA, DAST, threat modeling, and CI/CD security integration.
• Experience integrating security controls into GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or cloud-native delivery environments.
• Experience using generative AI and AI-assisted development tools to build custom security tooling, scripts, integrations, or automations.

Responsabilidades

• Lead complex application security assessments across SAST, SCA, DAST, API security, secrets detection, and threat modeling.
• Drive integration of security controls into developer workflows across GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and cloud-native platforms.
• Perform threat modeling and security design reviews for new applications, APIs, and cloud services.
• Design and implement AI-enabled Application Security capabilities with custom tools and automations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve systemic application risks and establish scalable security controls across the SDLC.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to security analysts and engineering partners while contributing to audit-ready documentation.

Conocimientos

Application Security

DevSecOps

Secure software

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering

Herramientas

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Cloud-native platforms

Python

PowerShell

Descripción del empleo

About the Role

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 12

The Team

The SGA Application Security team operates as a strategic security partner, combining Application Security, DevSecOps, Exposure Management, and AI Security capabilities to proactively reduce risk while enabling innovation. Our collaborative, fast-paced culture emphasizes automation-first approaches, developer partnership, and continuous learning in emerging technologies. Team members gain exposure to enterprise-wide security transformation initiatives, AI-powered security tools, and opportunities to solve complex challenges that impact global engineering teams.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Lead complex application security assessments across multiple testing methodologies — including SAST, SCA, DAST, API security, secrets detection, and threat modeling — to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities across the enterprise.
• Drive integration of security controls into developer workflows across GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and cloud-native platforms, implementing risk-based quality gates that enhance secure coding practices.
• Perform comprehensive threat modeling and security design reviews for new applications, APIs, and cloud services, providing strategic guidance on secure architecture decisions.
• Design and implement AI-enabled Application Security capabilities — including custom tools, agents, and automations — that improve security testing, triage, and remediation while meeting enterprise governance standards.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, cloud, and risk stakeholders to resolve systemic application risks and establish scalable security controls across the SDLC.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to security analysts and engineering partners while contributing to enterprise standards, procedures, and audit-ready documentation.

Basic Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience in Application Security, DevSecOps, secure software.
• Demonstrated proficiency in application security testing methodologies including SAST, SCA, DAST, threat modeling, and CI/CD security integration.
• Demonstrated experience integrating security controls into GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or cloud-native delivery environments.
• Demonstrated experience using generative AI and AI-assisted development tools to build custom security tooling, scripts, integrations, or automations.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI agents, agentic architectures, tool calling, and retrieval-augmented generation for secure enterprise AI integration.
• Experience with cloud application security across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with understanding of cloud-native security controls in multi-cloud environments.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or equivalent scripting languages to automate and improve security operations at enterprise scale.
• Experience with software supply chain security initiatives including dependency governance, artifact management, provenance validation, and trusted package consumption.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex security risks to senior stakeholders and drive remediation across distributed engineering teams.
• Experience providing technical mentorship within security or engineering teams.

Compensation/Benefits Information

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $130 000 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 about the benefits we offer our employees, please click here.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence. Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in.

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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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