Data Security Lead

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

S&P Global Corporate

About the Role: Data Security Lead

The Team: The IP Security team safeguards S&P Global’s proprietary assets—source code, models, datasets, design artifacts, architecture, and know‑how across applications and infrastructure. We set the standards, controls, and guardrails that prevent leakage, misuse, or unauthorized commercialization of intellectual property, and we enable product teams to innovate quickly while staying compliant with enterprise policy and regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities and Impact: The Data Security Engineering Lead – Intellectual Property (IP) is accountable for designing, implementing, and operating S&P Global’s enterprise capabilities for protecting intellectual property. This role converts the IP security architecture into scalable, resilient engineering solutions that provide deep visibility into where critical data and IP artifacts reside, what type of data they represent, how they are accessed, and how they are utilized across applications and AI systems.

The Engineering Lead oversees the day‑to‑day technical execution of IP discovery, classification, access monitoring, and protection controls. The role includes leading a team of engineers and partnering closely with architecture, cloud, data, and AI platform teams to ensure comprehensive and consistent safeguarding of the company’s intellectual property.

What We’re Looking For:

Engineering & Platform Implementation

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of data security platforms supporting discovery, classification, and monitoring
• Implement enterprise-scale DSPM capabilities across cloud, on-prem, SaaS, and third-party environments
• Ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and integrated with the broader security ecosystem

Data Discovery & Classification Execution

• Build and operate pipelines to identify where data resides across structured and unstructured sources
• Implement automated data classification and tagging aligned with enterprise standards
• Ensure continuous discovery and reclassification as data changes

Data Sources & Access Monitoring

• Integrate data security tools with IAM, cloud services, and data platforms
• Monitor and surface who has access to data, including privileged, service, and AI identities
• Detect over-permissioned access, stale entitlements, and anomalous data usage

AI Data Consumption Controls

• Implement controls to monitor and govern data used by AI agents, ML models, and training pipelines
• Instrument visibility into data flows supporting AI prompts, training, inference, and outputs
• Partner with AI platform teams to enforce approved data usage patterns

Intellectual Property (IP) Protection Engineering

• Implement IP protection mechanisms, including data watermarking, tagging, fingerprinting, and metadata controls
• Integrate IP protections into data pipelines and AI workflows
• Support detection and response to potential IP leakage events

Operational Security & Incident Response

• Operate and tune detection mechanisms for data exposure and misuse
• Support security incident investigations by rapidly identifying impacted data and access paths
• Partner with SOC and IR teams to automate alerts and response workflows

Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of data security engineers
• Establish engineering standards, coding practices, and operational runbooks
• Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve consistency
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Data Security Architects, Cloud Security, IAM, Privacy, Legal, and AI teams
• Translate architectural requirements into deployable engineering solutions
• Provide technical input into roadmap planning and platform evaluations

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in security engineering, data security, or platform security
• Strong hands-on experience implementing data discovery, classification, and monitoring solutions
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data services
• Experience integrating security platforms with IAM, logging, SIEM, and SOAR
• Practical experience supporting AI/ML platforms and data pipelines
• Familiarity with IP protection techniques, including watermarking or tagging
• Strong scripting or programming skills (Python, Go, or similar)
• Experience operating production security platforms at scale

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DSPM platforms (e.g., Cyera, Wiz DSPM, BigID)
• Background in regulated industries (financial services, data providers)
• Knowledge of DLP, CASB, encryption, and key management
• Security or cloud certifications (CISSP, CCSP, cloud provider certs)

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 people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re 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 world's 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 can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need 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: 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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged 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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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

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