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KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, IT Security Monitor and Response to join our KPMG Technology Organization.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively seek, monitor for and respond to security incidents, as well as perform personnel investigations
• Exercise all phases of incident response life cycle: analysis, containment, eradication, remediation, recovery
• Monitor for external threats, assessing risk to the KPMG environment and driving risk mitigation and response activities
• Evaluate external threat intelligence sources related to zero day attacks, exploit kits and malware to determine organizational risk and improve threat detection
• Conduct host based forensics and analysis to determine root cause and impact; define, document, test and manage incident response processes; mature and integrate processes and technologies, with the objective of the continued development of a “single plane of glass” for monitoring and comprehensive incident response process
• Stay abreast of the latest information security controls, practices, techniques and capabilities in the marketplace; lead internal skills development activities for information security personnel on the topic of security monitoring and incident response, by providing mentoring and by conducting knowledge sharing sessions

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of progressive security monitoring experience, security operations, and incident response activities; preferably within a professional services firm or similar environment
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to understand complex problems while formally presenting them simplistically
• Ability to lead meetings, divide responsibilities, and influence people to take action to assist in the resolution of security incidents
• Understanding of network and system intrusion and detection methods; examples of related technologies include Splunk, Next Generation Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), Security information and event management (SIEM)
• Experience with malware analysis, endpoint lateral movement detection methodologies and host forensic tools; US Citizenship required

KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG, an equal opportunity employer/disability/veteran. KPMG maintains a drug-free workplace. KPMG will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state or federal law (including San Francisco Ordinance number 131192). No phone calls or agencies please.