KPMG Cyber has been acknowledged by Forrester as a leader in the provision of cybersecurity consultancy. We are investing in expanding our cyber consulting team to meet a growing demand and provide a comprehensive range of services to many of the largest companies in the world. Our team works closely with KPMG’s broader advisory practice to link cyber security to IT transformation and operational resilience.
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As a Security Architect within the Cyber transformation Capability, you will help deliver high-quality Consulting Services to clients. You will bring deep hands-on experience in securing on-premise/on-cloud environments, network infrastructure, and endpoints, along with the ability to assess and design secure enterprise and hybrid architectures.
Responsibilities
Delivery of client engagements to ensure quality and value to our clients by:
- Understanding their business challenges and the Cyber threats they face
- Helping them navigate the increasingly complex cybersecurity regulatory environment
- Advising on digital and technical aspects of cyber security governance, frameworks, and operating models
- Helping them optimize their approach to digital and technical cyber security controls and risk management
- Using security architecture principles, blueprints, and industry-recommended approaches in defining the Cyber security transformation journey
- Assessing and designing layered security controls across the IT architecture stack, including data center, server, storage, network components, and on-cloud hosting
- Conducting Security Architecture Assessments in various domains such as DevOps, Encryption, network segmentation reviews, firewall and IDS/IPS rule analysis, and endpoint security
- Advising on the adoption of Zero Trust principles, particularly for infrastructure and network security zones
- Delivering small-/medium-sized engagements and participating as a team member in large-scale engagements
Requirements
- Proven experience of understanding and managing aspects of cyber risk, including the assessment, analysis, and reporting of cyber risk in a business context
- Proven knowledge and experience in delivering one or more of the following areas: security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps methodology and tools, Security Configuration assessments, Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts
- Degree level qualified
- Recognized cyber security qualifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, etc.), or comparable experience
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
- Ability to interact with organizations at a senior level
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
