Associate, Cyber Operations (AI-DLP)

Responsibilities

• Monitor DLP technologies and incorporate AI security guardrails across endpoints, cloud platforms, and collaboration tools to safeguard sensitive firm and client data
• Drive end-to-end DLP incident response, including triage, containment, root cause analysis, and remediation of incidents involving sensitive data entered, generated by, or transferred through AI-related tools
• Detect and analyze emerging AI-driven threats by correlating DLP alerts, user behavior analytics, access activity, prompt interactions, data movement patterns, and insider risk indicators
• Perform threat hunting, incident mitigation, and assessments to identify system weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and policy non-compliance
• Conduct proactive threat hunting and risk assessments focused on AI platforms, vibe coding environments, agentic workflows, and other emerging technologies to identify data exposure pathways and control gaps
• Document operational processes in playbooks and reference guides, while designing automated agentic workflows to streamline security operations

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of recent experience with security monitoring, operations, or incident response within a professional services environment
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required
• Ability to quickly learn security products, tools, and processes to assist in advancing the firm's security posture
• Must be interested in pursuing professional certifications or vendor specific products, and developing agentic workflows, as required for the role
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and create documentation such as incident reports, playbooks, procedures, and knowledge articles
• Familiarity with AI technologies, including GenAI, LLMs, AI coding assistants, copilots, and agentic workflows, with an interest in understanding associated security and data protection risks

Benefits

KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. This includes a variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health. Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off per fiscal year. Additionally, each year KPMG publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during the year and provides eligible employees two breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off; one is at year end and the other is around the July 4th holiday.

Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at Benefits & How We Work. No phone calls or agencies please. KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) for which they are qualified that is also of interest to them.