Senior GenAI Application Security Engineer/Director (Remote) ID-5719

January 3, 2025

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. This role will provide Security engineering and Security Architecture consultation to build and enhance security in S&P Ratings Applications and Services including GenAI applications.

Responsibilities and Impact

This is a Director-level individual contributor role that will work across Security, software development, Data science/LLM, QA, 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 role will drive the Secure SDLC roadmap, GenAI security strategy, and Cloud security architecture, assist with maturing the security engineering program, develop security tooling, mentor others and be hands-on partner to our development teams to deliver innovative and secure applications.

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Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $230,000. 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 on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
12 or more years of progressive related experience in Security engineering roles
Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Application Security, Web services security, GenAI/LLM security
Programming expertise - Java, Python, Agile SDLC processes
Experience with threat modeling, design reviews, risk analysis and control design
Experience architecting and leading security for Cloud native applications
In depth knowledge of network security, authentication and authorization
Advanced understanding of vulnerability exploitation chaining, and vulnerability remediation
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, Encryption expertise, TLS, DTLS, ECC, PKI/Certificates
Identity & Access Management: AD/LDAP

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AI technologies and services (e.g., OpenAI, Bedrock, etc.)
Expertise in the security of Gen AI models, including multi-modal models
Experience with the security of automation built around Gen AI inputs and outputs
Knowledge with AWS cloud architecture and virtualization technologies such as Containers, EKS, Kubernetes, and VMware
Experience in defining and documenting security reference architectures and standards
Experience with automation tools associated with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, and with security integration into CI/CD
Familiarity with SAST/DAST/SCA tools like Fortify, Whitesource
Database, datalake knowledge - Postgres, Oracle, Databricks, Snowflake
Familiarity with Secure SDLC frameworks such as NIST SSDF, OpenSAMM, BSIMM
Security Forensic analysis skills

Senior GenAI Application Security Engineer/Director (Remote) ID-5719

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Senior GenAI Application Security Engineer/Director (Remote) ID-5719

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

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