Senior Associate, Federal Cyber Security Services

Job Description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our Federal Advisory practice.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex enterprise environments from an information security perspective across the U.S. Federal government space
• Perform technical cybersecurity planning, system integration, and/or system verification and validation
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate cybersecurity requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Experience evaluating and mitigating system risks and supporting system certification and accreditation (C&A) and Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) processes, including document the results of C&A and prepare the System Security Plans (SSPs) as well as update Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms)
• Ability to support the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) requirement process through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results and preparation of required reports
• Experience with Splunk architecture, engineering, and/or administration
• Interface with high-level client executives and hands-on technology practitioners to bring meaningful, strategic change in the sphere of information protection, data security and privacy, and business continuity
• Assist with project management for global security technology and process implementations including program oversight for global penetration testing, vendor and third party risk management, data privacy and information governance implementation, and vulnerability management program delivery
• Articulate business risks of technical vulnerabilities to client personnel and identify and communicate findings to client personnel while assisting with scoping prospective engagements and developing proposals

Qualifications:

• A minimum of three years of experience in information security or in a technology-related field, and strong knowledge base in operations, enterprise networking, system evaluation and architecture; U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Strong understanding of and ability to provide security configuration and testing of networking and operating systems including TCP/IP, WAN/LAN routing, VLAN architecture, and a wide array of large-scale environments including various major web application servers
• Functional certification such as MCSE, CCNA, CNE, CCIE, Archer/ArcSight, CISSP, CEH, CPT, CISM, CISA, CIPP, GIAC, GSEC, and/or GCFW certifications preferred
• Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements
• U.S. citizenship required and an active U.S. Federal government Top Secret clearance