Senior Lead IAM and Infrastructure Security Engineer   (Remote)

Grade Level (for internal use):

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 Infrastructure and Services including IAM applications.

Responsibilities and 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.    

This position is a senior technical role and will drive the IAM and Infrastructure security including Microsoft Active Directory and PKI 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 to deliver innovative and secure solutions.    

A successful candidate for this position will be a technical leader to:    

• Lead the security architecture for S&P Global Ratings Microsoft Active Directory, Enterprise PKI and LDAP infrastructure  

• Responsible for recommending IAM and infrastructure security requirements for access control, including access administration, directory services   

• Provide expertise and consulting in SAML, SCIM, OAuth, or other integration APIs for IAM technologies, along with RBAC, PBAC, SOD, or risk-based access controls 

• Leverage and develop security integrations for solutions such as Sailpoint, OKTA, Azure AD, CyberArk 

• Collaborate with partner teams to develop cloud security standards and verify controls are implemented to standard 

• Provides architectural guidance and leadership on best practices regarding security in software development, user interface design frameworks, high performance messaging solutions, server side development, integrations and tools and technologies  

• Drives and guides the specification and realization of security architecture, with decisions driven by a clear focus on security risks facing the intended business based on customer or market requirements  

• Risk analysis, risk management, and communication of results with software/hardware development managers  

• Develop architecture, testing and auditing of IAM infrastructure, Cloud computing, and GenAI/LLM platforms  

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical security vulnerabilities  

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