Associate Director, Cyber Operations (Countermeasures)
KPMG US · Providence, RI · 1 mo ago
Hybrid$153k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes intro paragraph about KPMG, then "KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Cyber Operations (Countermeasure) to join our Enterprise Security Services organization." That's like a brief description. Then "Responsibilities:" list. Then "Qualifications:" list. Then later mentions salary range and benefits. Also mention "KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package." Also "KPMG is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package..." Also "Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off per fiscal year." Also "Additionally, each year KPMG publishes a calendar of holidays..." Also "Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at Benefits & How We Work." Also "Follow this link to obtain salary ranges by city outside of CA: https://kpmg.com/us/en/how-we-work/pay-transparency.html/?id=7455_9_26 California Salary Range: $153000 - $297000". Also "KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package." So we need sections: About the role (maybe intro), Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? Schedule: mention Personal Time Off, holidays, breaks. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The page already shows it, so we don't put heading for Associate Director, Cyber Operations (Countermeasure). We'll put About the role heading for each section heading. Use
About the role
with paragraph(s) describing KPMG and the role. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "No phone calls or agencies please." etc. Also remove "KPMG is an equal opportunity employer." etc. Also remove "KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring." etc. Also remove "The attached link contains further information regarding KPMG's compliance..." etc. Also remove "Los Angeles County applicants: Material job duties for this position are listed above..." etc. Also remove "Criminal history may have a direct..." etc. Also remove "Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act..." etc. Also remove "KPMG recruits on a rolling basis..." etc. Also remove "Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously..." etc. Also remove "KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package." maybe that's okay but it's generic; but we need Benefits section with specifics. The phrase "KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package." is generic but we can keep as part of Benefits paragraph? Might be considered filler but it's not placeholder like "commensurate with experience". It's a statement. We'll keep. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details about responsibilities (list), qualifications (list), benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401(k), personal well-being benefits, mental health, Personal Time Off, holidays, breaks). Also pay: California Salary Range: $153000 - $297000 and link for other cities. Also schedule: Personal Time Off per fiscal year, holidays calendar, two breaks each year (year end and around July 4th). Also maybe mention "Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service". We'll include that. We must not create sections with filler. So we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So About the role heading is fine.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — none present.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's craft.
First, About the role paragraph: combine intro about KPMG being great place to work, providing audit, tax, advisory, growth driven by delivering real results, culture encourages individual development, inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence, supports communities, consistently ranked among best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team. KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Cyber Operations (Countermeasure) to join our Enterprise Security Services organization.
We can put that as a paragraph.
Then Responsibilities heading
Responsibilities
with - items. Need to parse responsibilities list from text.
Responsibilities text:
"Build and lead anenterprise cybersecurity countermeasures program across the full technologylifecycle; Define the strategy, scope, priorities, funding needs, governance,and measures required to prevent, detect, contain, and reduce exploitableweaknesses across applications, cloud services, infrastructure, endpoints, anddata environmentsOperationalize acountermeasures and multi-cloud security program through repeatable processes,integrated workflows, clear ownership, service-level objectives, risk-basedprioritization, exception management, validation standards, and executivereporting; Maintain reliable coverage, data quality, access governance,lifecycle management, and control-effectiveness monitoringDirect preventive countermeasures throughoutdevelopment and deployment to mitigate attack path and control gap risks, andconvert technical exposure into a solution to buy time to remediate riskEstablish andmaintain interim controls that reduce exploitability and limit business impactwhile infrastructure and application teams correct underlying weaknesses; Define expiration dates, monitoring requirements, escalation paths, andevidence needed to confirm that temporary controls remain effectiveOversee theintegration of GCP and Workbench security tooling integration, automations, andprocesses while keeping current with the latest cybersecurity practices andtechnologiesDevelop operating plans and governance models thatsupport multi-cloud and federated remediation; Define accountability, decisionrights, compensating-control requirements, risk-acceptance criteria, escalationthresholds, and executive metrics that hold distributed teams accountable forsustained exposure reductionAct with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment"
We need to split into separate items. The text is a bit run-on with semicolons. We'll break at each semicolon that starts a new responsibility.
Let's list:
1. Build and lead an enterprise cybersecurity countermeasures program across the full technology lifecycle;
2. Define the strategy, scope, priorities, funding needs, governance, and measures required to prevent, detect, contain, and reduce exploitable weaknesses across applications, cloud services, infrastructure, endpoints, and data environments;
3. Operationalize a countermeasures and multi-cloud security program through repeatable processes, integrated workflows, clear ownership, service-level objectives, risk-based prioritization, exception management, validation standards, and executive reporting;
4. Maintain reliable coverage, data quality, access governance, lifecycle management, and control-effectiveness monitoring;
5. Direct preventive countermeasures throughout development and deployment to mitigate attack path and control gap risks, and convert technical exposure into a solution to buy time to remediate risk;
6. Establish and maintain interim controls that reduce exploitability and limit business impact while infrastructure and application teams correct underlying weaknesses; Define expiration dates, monitoring requirements, escalation paths, and evidence needed to confirm that temporary controls remain effective;
7. Oversee the integration of GCP and Workbench security tooling integration, automations, and processes while keeping current with the latest cybersecurity practices and technologies;
8. Develop operating plans and governance models that support multi-cloud and federated remediation; Define accountability, decision rights, compensating-control requirements, risk-acceptance criteria, escalation thresholds, and executive metrics that hold distributed teams accountable for sustained exposure reduction;
9. Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.
We can combine some that are split by semicolon but still part of same bullet. We'll keep as separate bullets for clarity.
Now Qualifications heading
Qualifications
with list.
Qualifications text:
"Minimum eight years of recent experience in security architecture, preferably with a specialization in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security (data loss prevention and SecOps) and the Wiz product suite (Code, Cloud, Defend,Exposure Management), and security tooling integration; deep technicalexpertise across multiple technical domains, including security incidentresponseBachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; Minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required; certifications in certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and google professional cloud security engineer are preferredExperience leading and managing information technology (IT) security resources and/or projects with demonstrated ability to define, document, and peer review technical security standards; experience with security related regulatory requirements, such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ISO 27001, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) plans, project estimations and budgetingCapability to influence without authority in a matrixed environment and develop resource plans, project plans, project estimations and budgeting Ability to foster the development of high-performance teams and interface with all levels of the organization; ability to participate in development of resource plans and structures and influence organizational prioritiesExcellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; must be able to set goals and participate in strategic initiatives for a teamApplicants 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)"
We need to split into items.
Let's parse:
- Minimum eight years of recent experience in security architecture, preferably with a specialization in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security (data loss prevention and SecOps) and the Wiz product suite (Code, Cloud, Defend, Exposure Management), and security tooling integration; deep technical expertise across multiple technical domains, including security incident response
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; Minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required; certifications in certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and google professional cloud security engineer are preferred
- Experience leading and managing information technology (IT) security resources and/or projects with demonstrated ability to define, document, and peer review technical security standards; experience with security related regulatory requirements, such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ISO 27001, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) plans, project estimations and budgeting
- Capability to influence without authority in a matrixed environment and develop resource plans, project plans, project estimations and budgeting
- Ability to foster the development of high-performance teams and interface with all levels of the organization; ability to participate in development of resource plans and structures and influence organizational priorities
- Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; must be able to set goals and participate in strategic initiatives for a team
- 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)
We could combine some but okay.
Now Benefits heading Benefits
with list.
Benefits text:
"KPMG is
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. So About the role heading is fine. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — none present. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft. First, About the role paragraph: combine intro about KPMG being great place to work, providing audit, tax, advisory, growth driven by delivering real results, culture encourages individual development, inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence, supports communities, consistently ranked among best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team. KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Cyber Operations (Countermeasure) to join our Enterprise Security Services organization. We can put that as a paragraph. Then Responsibilities heading
Responsibilities
with- items. Need to parse responsibilities list from text.
Responsibilities text:
"Build and lead anenterprise cybersecurity countermeasures program across the full technologylifecycle; Define the strategy, scope, priorities, funding needs, governance,and measures required to prevent, detect, contain, and reduce exploitableweaknesses across applications, cloud services, infrastructure, endpoints, anddata environmentsOperationalize acountermeasures and multi-cloud security program through repeatable processes,integrated workflows, clear ownership, service-level objectives, risk-basedprioritization, exception management, validation standards, and executivereporting; Maintain reliable coverage, data quality, access governance,lifecycle management, and control-effectiveness monitoringDirect preventive countermeasures throughoutdevelopment and deployment to mitigate attack path and control gap risks, andconvert technical exposure into a solution to buy time to remediate riskEstablish andmaintain interim controls that reduce exploitability and limit business impactwhile infrastructure and application teams correct underlying weaknesses; Define expiration dates, monitoring requirements, escalation paths, andevidence needed to confirm that temporary controls remain effectiveOversee theintegration of GCP and Workbench security tooling integration, automations, andprocesses while keeping current with the latest cybersecurity practices andtechnologiesDevelop operating plans and governance models thatsupport multi-cloud and federated remediation; Define accountability, decisionrights, compensating-control requirements, risk-acceptance criteria, escalationthresholds, and executive metrics that hold distributed teams accountable forsustained exposure reductionAct with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment"
We need to split into separate items. The text is a bit run-on with semicolons. We'll break at each semicolon that starts a new responsibility.
Let's list:
1. Build and lead an enterprise cybersecurity countermeasures program across the full technology lifecycle;
2. Define the strategy, scope, priorities, funding needs, governance, and measures required to prevent, detect, contain, and reduce exploitable weaknesses across applications, cloud services, infrastructure, endpoints, and data environments;
3. Operationalize a countermeasures and multi-cloud security program through repeatable processes, integrated workflows, clear ownership, service-level objectives, risk-based prioritization, exception management, validation standards, and executive reporting;
4. Maintain reliable coverage, data quality, access governance, lifecycle management, and control-effectiveness monitoring;
5. Direct preventive countermeasures throughout development and deployment to mitigate attack path and control gap risks, and convert technical exposure into a solution to buy time to remediate risk;
6. Establish and maintain interim controls that reduce exploitability and limit business impact while infrastructure and application teams correct underlying weaknesses; Define expiration dates, monitoring requirements, escalation paths, and evidence needed to confirm that temporary controls remain effective;
7. Oversee the integration of GCP and Workbench security tooling integration, automations, and processes while keeping current with the latest cybersecurity practices and technologies;
8. Develop operating plans and governance models that support multi-cloud and federated remediation; Define accountability, decision rights, compensating-control requirements, risk-acceptance criteria, escalation thresholds, and executive metrics that hold distributed teams accountable for sustained exposure reduction;
9. Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.
We can combine some that are split by semicolon but still part of same bullet. We'll keep as separate bullets for clarity.
Now Qualifications heading
Qualifications
with list. Qualifications text: "Minimum eight years of recent experience in security architecture, preferably with a specialization in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security (data loss prevention and SecOps) and the Wiz product suite (Code, Cloud, Defend,Exposure Management), and security tooling integration; deep technicalexpertise across multiple technical domains, including security incidentresponseBachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; Minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required; certifications in certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and google professional cloud security engineer are preferredExperience leading and managing information technology (IT) security resources and/or projects with demonstrated ability to define, document, and peer review technical security standards; experience with security related regulatory requirements, such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ISO 27001, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) plans, project estimations and budgetingCapability to influence without authority in a matrixed environment and develop resource plans, project plans, project estimations and budgeting Ability to foster the development of high-performance teams and interface with all levels of the organization; ability to participate in development of resource plans and structures and influence organizational prioritiesExcellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; must be able to set goals and participate in strategic initiatives for a teamApplicants 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)" We need to split into items. Let's parse: - Minimum eight years of recent experience in security architecture, preferably with a specialization in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security (data loss prevention and SecOps) and the Wiz product suite (Code, Cloud, Defend, Exposure Management), and security tooling integration; deep technical expertise across multiple technical domains, including security incident response - Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; Minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required; certifications in certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and google professional cloud security engineer are preferred - Experience leading and managing information technology (IT) security resources and/or projects with demonstrated ability to define, document, and peer review technical security standards; experience with security related regulatory requirements, such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ISO 27001, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) plans, project estimations and budgeting - Capability to influence without authority in a matrixed environment and develop resource plans, project plans, project estimations and budgeting - Ability to foster the development of high-performance teams and interface with all levels of the organization; ability to participate in development of resource plans and structures and influence organizational priorities - Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; must be able to set goals and participate in strategic initiatives for a team - 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) We could combine some but okay. Now Benefits headingBenefits
with list. Benefits text: "KPMG is