Lead Specialist, MAST Application Penetration Testing Manager

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for application penetration testing teams to develop growth of the services solution and manage client engagements
• Demonstrate exceptional technical capability in application penetration testing from a manual perspective
• Lead client engagements and provide technical leadership as well as advice to team members on application penetration testing engagements
• Promote and enable thought leadership, as well as growth and learning amongst team members
• Engage with non-technical audiences around testing processes and techniques, as well as report read-outs; guide technical audiences on remediation options and assist them in weighing those options
• Partner with the Cyber teams to develop new testing techniques, automation for testing and marketing collateral to support the practice, mentor onshore and offshore team members on tools and techniques in performing testing; operate as a mentor and people leader to foster career growth amongst team members
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of recent experience working with using application penetration tools to perform security tests such as AppScan, Netsparker, Acunetix, ZAP, Veracode, BurpSuite or equivalent
• Minimum five years of recent experience working with technical and non-technical audiences in reporting results and leading remediation conversations
• Minimum five years of recent experience leading application security testing teams in a consulting environment
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent industry experience
• Possess one or more major ethical hacking certifications not required but preferred; Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT), Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST), Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE), Offensive Security Web Assessor (OSWA)
• Experience in one or more areas such as mobile application testing, code development, manual code analysis and/or static analysis using Veracode, Fortify, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Contrast or equivalent preferred

Benefits

KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package including:

• Medical and dental plans
• Vision coverage
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plans
• A robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year
• Calendar of holidays to be observed during the year

Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at Benefits & How We Work.

California Salary Range: $114,095 - $268,180