Senior Associate, IT Security Assessment - Remote

Job Description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Security Assessment to join our Digital Nexus technology organization. This is a remote work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with IT and other representatives of assigned business functions to ensure that project pipelines are understood and that project priorities are reflected in IT Risk & Security's resource planning
• Participate in skills development activities for information security personnel related to security best practices; Continuously improve the security aspects of operating processes
• Perform information security risk assessments of technology enabled projects with standard levels of complexity; Activities include vendor reviews, security requirement definition, facilitation of security testing and management of residual risk
• Advise and assist project teams regarding compensating control alternatives where security requirements cannot be met
• Serve as the primary point of contact between IT project teams and IT Security groups to ensure that appropriate security resources are scheduled, and that security-related project objectives and timelines are met
• Act as a point of contact with the Archer support team in identifying and testing changes with the security review process in Archer; execute activities such as identifying security enhancements, creating use cases, user guides, and performing testing, gathering of key performance indicators and metrics related to security activities

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of recent experience in Information Security
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent experience; CISSP preferred
• Understanding of security principles, IT security controls and related technologies and products
• Excellent verbal/written communication, problem solving, analytical and independent judgment skills to support an environment driven by customer service and teamwork
• Ability to positively influence, mentor and be a credible source of knowledge to less experienced team members