Lead, Information Security

S&P Global; United States; Remote; USD 173,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global Inc. is seeking a Lead, Information Security to drive security analysis, assess vulnerabilities, and coordinate risk mitigation across web, native, and hybrid applications. You will guide threat modeling, secure SDLC improvements, and risk-based decision making with stakeholders.

The role covers overseeing penetration tests, patch management, and CI/CD security across AWS/Azure environments, with telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related IT field.
• 5 years of experience in security analysis, vulnerability management, or related role.
• Experience with SAST/DAST tools and integrating security into pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform security analysis and communicate vulnerabilities to stakeholders, developers, and senior management.
• Create detailed assessment reports describing weaknesses, risks, and mitigations.
• Lead security projects including pentests, patch management, and secure SDLC enhancements.
• Develop threat models and security requirements during design phases.

Skills

SAST tooling

DAST tooling

Threat modeling

CI/CD security

Cloud security

Open-source risk

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related IT field

Tools

Fortify

Burp Suite Pro

OWASP ZAP

Mend

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

12 Company Name: S&P Global Inc.

Job Title: Lead, Information Security

Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041 (Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the U.S.)

Job Duties:

S&P Global Inc. seeks a Lead, Information Security who will perform security analysis and communicating vulnerabilities identified in web applications with stakeholders, developers, and senior management. Provide scoping data to assist in developing project proposals. Create detailed assessment reports describing identified security weaknesses, potential business risks, and prioritizes mitigation recommendations. Develop improved methodologies, processes, infrastructure, tools, and deliverables that contribute to the ongoing enhancement of vulnerability assessment capabilities. Gather requirements from Business Analysts and Application Owners. Incorporate and define security requirements, map security requirements and define the data flow diagrams, and deliver threat models in the design phase. Provide strategic direction and tactical oversight for major security projects, including penetration tests, patch management, change control, application security, and infrastructure security. Perform application security assessments for native, web, and hybrid applications using open source and commercial tools. Report key metrics to executive management and reporting on the health of applications and infrastructure components, interacting with application owners and product engineering team to share the assessment results.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related IT field plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 5 years of experience must include: Utilizing enterprise-grade Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools, including Fortify, to tune rulesets, integrate SAST into complex pipelines, and interpret false positives with accuracy. Using Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tools, including Burp Suite Pro and OWASP Zap, to review black-box and gray-box testing efforts, including logic flaw exploitation. Managing open-source risk across large codebases, using Mend to perform Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and conducting manual code reviews across multiple programming languages, including Java, Python, C# and either JavaScript or Node.js. Conducting formal threat modeling using frameworks, including STRIDE, PASTA, or MITRE framework, and integrating threat modeling into architectural and design phases of the SDLC. Building, scaling, and managing secure SDLC programs in large organizations, including embedding security into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps. Applying or mapping application security controls to regulations, including DORA, ISO/IEC 27034, NIST 800-53 / SSDF, and SOC 2 Type II and performing remediation efforts or assessments tied to audits and regulatory reviews. Application security across distributed product teams, including managing security for hundreds of applications across varied stacks and creating centralized risk dashboards using ServiceNow or similar platforms. Scoping, coordinating, and validating results from external/internal pentests and translating test findings into actionable development tasks, prioritizing remediation based on risk. Securing applications in multi-cloud environments, including AWS (IAM, Cognito, API Gateway, Lambda) and Azure (App Services, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud), as well as integrating application security tooling and controls within cloud-native CI/CD workflows.

***Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the U.S.

Employer will accept a foreign Bachelor's degree or any other combination of degrees, diplomas or professional credentials and/or experience determined to be equivalent to a Bachelor's degree by a qualified evaluation service.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $172,827 to $206,350. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses & 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 see: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries/us.

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