Specialist Director, Cloud Security

About the role

KPMG Advisory is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for career advancement and expertise development. Our professionals thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture and benefit from a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, world-class training, and leading market tools. As a Specialist Director, Cloud Security, you will provide strategic leadership for cloud security governance across AWS and Azure environments, drive accountability for risk remediation, and partner with key stakeholders to embed security into enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.

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.
• Provide management coordination and oversight of Cyber Managed Services delivery across multiple engagements, ensuring high-quality service execution through collaboration with clients, KPMG stakeholders, and global delivery teams.
• Lead operational governance for managed services, including incident, problem, and service request management, driving timely triage, escalation, resolution, stakeholder communications, and adherence to service level commitments.
• Oversee 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.

Requirements

• Must be able to travel as needed based on business and client requirements.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Pay

California Salary Range: $169,005 – $370,530. Salary is determined based on relevant factors including applicant's skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and market considerations.

Benefits

KPMG offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) plans.
• A robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health.
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year, based on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service.
• Two annual breaks where employees are not required to use Personal Time Off: one at year-end and another around the July 4th holiday.