Associate Director, AI Security Frontier Engineering
About the role
KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities.
KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, AI Security Frontier Engineering to join our Enterprise Security Services organization.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical subject matter expert for a designated frontier-AI platform, owning its security architecture and secure deployment patterns
- Design and implement automated controls and guardrails across the NIST CSF functions and OWASP Top 10 frameworks
- Lead complex security engineering initiatives end-to-end with minimal oversight, from risk and gap assessment through control build-out to release criteria
- Create reusable, cross-platform architecture patterns, control frameworks, and engineering standards
- Lead the development and maturation of security telemetry, monitoring, and detection engineering capabilities
- Establish non-negotiable MVP security and release criteria and hand durable outputs into operations
- Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
Qualifications
- Minimum eight years of recent progressive experience in security engineering or cloud security, including direct, hands-on experience securing enterprise frontier-AI platforms
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field is preferred
- Hands-on expertise securing AI/ML or LLM systems and executing adversarial testing
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement security controls across AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Proven track record of independently leading technical initiatives end-to-end and resolving ambiguous, complex problems with minimal oversight
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to translate complex technical risks for both engineering teams and non-technical senior stakeholders
Benefits
KPMG is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Our Total Rewards package 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.
Pay
California Salary Range: $153,000 - $297,000. KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. For salary ranges by city outside of CA, please visit: https://kpmg.com/us/en/how-we-work/pay-transparency.html/?id=7452_9_26