Senior Associate, Cyber Operations_

Los Angeles

**Business Title:** Senior Associate, Cyber Operations

**Requisition Number:** 113256 - 8

**Function:** Business Support Services

**Area of Interest:**

**State:** CA

**City:** Los Angeles

**Description:**

Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Cyber Operations to join our Enterprise Security Services organization. This is a remote work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

+ Apply a fundamental understanding of cyber security operations and monitoring to perform the day-to-day operational responsibility of security monitoring and incident response activities, associated with operations that provide up to 24x7 coverage; implement efficiencies and improvements

+ Engage in response activities that may include incident response, incident management, driving remediation or threat mitigation, threat hunting, forensic analysis; conduct other security operations activities that may include identification of weakness (for example, vulnerabilities/ insecure configurations), reviewing/assessing security configuration change requests, driving the coverage of the security monitoring services

+ Stay abreast of the latest information security controls, practices, techniques and capabilities in the marketplace; Participate in internal skills development activities for information security personnel on the topic of security monitoring and incident response, by providing knowledge sharing sessions

+ Develop and keep effective working relationships with multiple internal technology groups; collaborate across multiple internal federated technology groups; become a go-to subject matter professional to others within the firm to achieve the required goals and objectives

+ Leverage intelligence, monitor for threats and vulnerabilities and respond accordingly, including the development of risk mitigating approaches; as a continuous feedback loop, incorporate learnings into additional preventive and detective controls; define or implement security configuration for monitoring tools, including alerts, correlation rules, and reporting; leverage a combination of vendor products and services, open source and custom developed utilities

+ Implement or leverage automation and orchestration to improve efficiency and effectiveness of security monitoring and response processes; document processes and procedures in the form of playbooks and reference guides; Integrate processes and technologies, with the objective of a "single pane of glass" for monitoring and comprehensive security response process; provide input into business cases and presentations to leadership of proposed security products and studies; produce operating metrics and key performance indicators; Act as an active project team member or self-manage small projects, which may include facilitating team meetings, publishing meeting notes and action items, updating project documents and systems, and ensuring timely completion of assigned action items

Qualifications:

+ Minimum three years of recent experience in security monitoring, security operations, and incident response activities preferably within a professional services firm or similar environment

+ Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; relevant certifications are preferable, including CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, GSEC, GCIH, GCFE, GCFA, SC-200, CEH, and AZ-900

+ Experience creating playbooks and procedures; solid experience tuning security monitoring rules, monitoring events, assessing risk, responding to incidents

+ Practical network or system administration skills or experience with SIEM and security infrastructure; proven experience with scripting or automation

+ Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; demonstrated experience leading meetings and operating effectively in a matrixed environment

+ U.S. citizenship is required

KPMG complies with all local/state regulations regarding displaying salary ranges. If required, the ranges displayed below or via the URL below are specifically for those potential hires who will work in the location(s) listed. Any offered salary is determined based on relevant factors such as applicant's skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications and market considerations. In addition, the firm is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Our Total Rewards package includes a variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health. Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off per fiscal year. Additionally, each year the firm publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during the year and provides two firmwide breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off; one is at year end and the other is around the July 4th holiday. Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at 'Benefits & How We Work (pmguscareers.com/why-kpmg/#benefits) '.

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**GL:** 5

**GF:** 15310