Specialist Director, Cloud Security

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

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for cloud security governance across AWS and Azure environments, including oversight of security posture, risk remediation, compliance, and continuous monitoring programs; Lead enterprise cloud asset, firewall, and security exception governance programs, including inventory accountability, lifecycle management, policy compliance, risk acceptance, and regulatory oversight.
• Drive accountability across engineering, infrastructure, application, and business teams to prioritize and remediate material cloud security risks; Define and oversee cloud security KPI/KRI reporting, executive dashboards, risk committee materials, compliance metrics, and governance performance measures.
• Set the strategic direction for secure adoption of cloud and AI-enabled technologies by establishing security baselines, guardrails, policies, and control frameworks; Partner with cloud, cybersecurity, architecture, and business leaders to embed security into platform strategy, architecture decisions, and enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
• 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 of eight years of cybersecurity experience, including leadership in 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 from an accredited college or university.
• Experience providing strategic oversight for enterprise-scale AWS and Azure environments, including multi-account governance models and CSPM/CNAPP security programs.
• Experience leading enterprise vulnerability management, risk management, compliance, control governance, cloud security programs, executive reporting, and risk-based prioritization initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead cross-functional remediation efforts, and drive measurable risk reduction across large-scale technology environments.
• Technical knowledge of AWS, Azure, IAM, Wiz, CSPM/CNAPP platforms, ServiceNow CMDB, firewall governance, Tufin, enterprise risk management, and security control frameworks.
• Travel Requirements: Must be able to travel as needed based on business and client requirements.
• 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 or any other employment-based visa).

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