Lead Specialist, Cloud Security

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KPMG is currently seeking a Lead Specialist, Cloud Security to join our Managed Services practice.

Responsibilities:

• Manage cloud security posture across AWS and Azure environments, governing the review, prioritization, remediation, and reporting of security risks, misconfigurations, and compliance issues;
  Support secure adoption of cloud and AI-enabled services by implementing security baselines, guardrails, policies, and risk assessments across cloud platforms.
• Oversee cloud asset governance, including inventory accuracy, ownership accountability, lifecycle management, CMDB compliance, and visibility of unmanaged resources;
  Govern firewall security operations through Tufin and related platforms, ensuring policy compliance, risk reduction, audit readiness, and issue remediation.
• Manage cloud and firewall security exception processes, including risk acceptance, compensating controls, renewals, reporting, and regulatory compliance;
  Serve as a key liaison between cybersecurity, engineering, infrastructure, application, and risk teams to drive security governance and measurable risk reduction.
• Provides management coordination and oversight of Cyber Managed Services delivery across multiple engagements, ensuring high-quality service execution through effective collaboration with clients, KPMG stakeholders, and global delivery teams.
• Leads operational governance managed services, including incident, problem, and service request management, driving timely triage, escalation, resolution, stakeholder communications, and adherence to service level commitments.
• Oversees change and release management processes, operational escalations, and offshore/onshore delivery coordination, proactively managing risks, dependencies, resource requirements, and continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent cybersecurity experience, including cloud security, governance, risk management, security operations, or cloud architecture within complex enterprise environments
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline
• Technical proficiency with AWS, Azure, IAM, Wiz, CSPM/CNAPP platforms, Service Now CMDB, firewall governance, and Tufin
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale AWS and Azure environments, including CSPM/CNAPP programs, multi-account governance models, and cloud security operating frameworks
• Solid experience managing vulnerability management, compliance, exception governance, KPI/KRI reporting, and risk-based remediation programs
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, coordinate cross-functional remediation efforts, and deliver measurable security and governance outcomes
• Ability to travel as needed
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT…