Associate Security Monitoring Response Summer 2024

Career Level Requirement

Early Career

If you are currently pursuing college coursework or have completed a bachelor's degree or higher in the past 12 months.

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Start Season & Year: Summer 2024

Earliest Graduation Date: Dec 2023

Latest Graduation Date: May 2024

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate, Security Monitoring & Response for Enterprise Security Services.

Responsibilities:

Support the security team by carrying out day-to-day operational tasks utilizing specialized applications, tools and platforms; perform cross-functional activities such as data collection, analysis, development of custom reports and slide decks, as well as process improvement; create and maintain system documentation for security tools and procedures, develop and maintain operational checklists, perform system health checks, create test cases for new tools
Involved in response activities that may include incident response, incident management, driving remediation or threat mitigation, threat hunting, forensic analysis; other security operations activities may include identification of weakness (vulnerabilities / insecure configurations), reviewing/assessing security configuration change requests, driving the coverage of the security monitoring services; Rotational weekend coverage will also be required
Stay abreast of the latest information security controls, practices, techniques and capabilities in the marketplace; participate in internal skills development activities for information security personnel on the topic of security monitoring and incident response, by providing knowledge sharing sessions
Develop and keep effective working relationships with peers; leverage intelligence, monitor for threats and vulnerabilities and respond accordingly, including the development of risk mitigating approaches; as a continuous feedback loop, incorporate learnings into additional preventive and detective controls
Implement security configuration for monitoring tools, including alerts, correlation rules and reporting; leverage a combination of vendor products and services, open source and custom developed utilities; leverage automation and orchestration to improve efficiency and effectiveness of security monitoring and response processes; document processes and procedures in the form of playbooks and reference guides
Integrate procedures, with the objective of a "single pane of glass" for monitoring and comprehensive security response process; provide input into business cases and presentations to leadership of proposed security products and studies; produce operating metrics and key performance indicators; active project team member, which may include facilitating team meetings; publishing meeting notes and action items; updating project documents and systems; and ensuring timely completion of assigned action items

Qualifications:
Must be pursuing and have obtained by the start date or have completed the following degrees/majors in the past 12 months: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Forensics, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Engineering, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Technology, Management, Management Information Systems or equivalent program from an accredited college/university
Must have a current/most recent GPA of 3.0 or above
Ability to work weekends as needed
Ability to learn new tools and processes to assist in advancing the firm's security posture; must be interested in pursuing professional certifications, as required for the role
Basic understanding of IT security concepts, including networking and related technologies; some hands-on experience (intern; college lab experience) performing related activities is preferred
Experience in or basic exposure to security monitoring, security operations and incident response activities is preferred, as well as basic understanding/experience creating playbooks and procedures or similar documentation
Experience with or understanding of tuning security monitoring rules, monitoring events, assessing risk, responding to incidents is preferred, as well as basic hands-on network or system administration skills or experience with security infrastructure, to include scripting or automation
Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork
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).

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