Application Security Engineer

The SGA Application Security team at S&P Global operates as a strategic security partner, combining Application Security, DevSecOps, Exposure Management, and AI Security capabilities to proactively reduce risk while enabling innovation.

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.

Requirements:

• 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.

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: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $190,000.

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.