About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

S&P Global Corporate

About the Role: Senior Identity Security Engineer (Identity Access Management)

The Team:Our Identity Security Engineering team is at the forefront of protecting S&P Global digital infrastructure through innovative identity verification and access management solutions. We operate in a collaborative fast-paced environment where technical excellence meets strategic security thinking working closely with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge authentication technologies. The team values continuous learning proactive problem-solving and building scalable security solutions that protect our global workforce and contractor ecosystem.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Design and implement automated discovery mechanisms for non-human identities including service accounts API tokens cloud IAM roles automation identities and AI agents across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

• Develop and maintain Python and PowerShell scripts to:

• Discover NHIDs from servers cloud platforms and applications

• Parse configuration files logs and APIs to identify embedded or hard-coded credentials

• Automate NHID hygiene tasks (ownership validation metadata enrichment reporting)

• Build automation workflows to support NHID onboarding lifecycle updates reviews and decommissioning by integrating IAM PAM cloud IAM and ITSM systems.

• Support governance of NHIDs by:

• Ensuring ownership and lifecycle state are captured correctly

• Assisting with access reviews and attestations for non-human identities

• Identifying orphaned dormant or over-privileged NHIDs and driving remediation

• Work closely with application and DevOps teams to analyse authentication flows and help refactor applications toward modern secure password-less NHID patterns (e.g. OAuth client credentials managed identities short-lived tokens).

• Assist in integrating NHID controls with secrets management and PAM platforms validating that credentials are properly vaulted rotated or replaced with cloud-native identity mechanisms where feasible.

• Support governance of NHIDs used in CI/CD pipelines automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code ensuring pipelines follow approved identity and secrets patterns.

• Provide NHID context and enrichment to security monitoring and incident response workflows assisting in investigations involving service account misuse abnormal automation behaviour or credential compromise.

• Apply basic ML/AI concepts (pattern recognition baselining anomaly indicators) to help analyse NHID behaviour trends and support detection of misuse or drift.

• Maintain awareness of current and emerging trends in Agentic AI frameworks including:

• Autonomous agents

• Tool-using AI workflows

• Token-based agent execution

• Model context access patterns

• Support onboarding and governance of AI agents as non-human identities ensuring agent ownership access scope and lifecycle expectations are defined and documented.

• Collaborate with cloud platform and security teams to ensure NHID automation aligns with Zero Trust principles and enterprise security standards.

• Produce and maintain technical documentation runbooks and onboarding guides related to NHID discovery automation and lifecycle processes.

• Assist with audit and compliance activities by generating NHID evidence reports and traceability across integrated systems.

• Continuously improve NHID processes by identifying automation opportunities reducing manual effort and improving accuracy and coverage of NHID controls.

What Were Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 5 years experience in IAM Security Engineering Cloud Security or Platform Engineering

• Strong hands-on experience with Python and PowerShell

• Proven experience building automation workflows using scripts APIs or orchestration tools

• Understanding of non-human identities (service accounts API tokens cloud roles

• Experience with cloud IAM (AWS IAM Azure/Entra GCP any two preferred)

• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 (client credentials) token-based authentication and basic JWT concepts

• Experience integrating or working with PAM / secrets management platforms

• Ability to analyse authentication and access patterns across applications and infrastructure

• Strong problem-solving and cross-team collaboration skills

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SailPoint or other IGA platforms

• Exposure to CyberArk Hashi Corp Vault or cloud-native secrets services

• Experience with CI/CD tools and automation pipelines

• Familiarity with SIEM (Splunk) or EDR (CrowdStrike) from an identity context

• Working knowledge of ML concepts (baselining anomaly detection behaviour analysis)

• Awareness of Agentic AI frameworks and autonomous AI systems

• Cloud or security certifications (AWS Azure IAM Security)

Whats In It For You

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

Were more than 35000 strong worldwideso were 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 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. Were committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
Integrity Discovery Partnership

Throughout our history the worlds leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do bring a spirit of discovery to our work and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you so you cantake care of business. We care about our people. Thats why we provide everything youand your careerneed to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• 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: Its 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 awardssmall perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global we are committed to fostering a connected andengaged 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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Required Experience:

Senior IC