Roles & responsibilities
The Security Technical Assessment Analyst will:
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external 3rd parties to
• Perform security technical configuration reviews,
• Perform security technical assessments,
• Support the delivery of security testing across the software development lifecycle on technology solutions & services,
• Proactively manage the end-to-end penetration testing process for technology solutions,
• Provide risk-based pragmatic technical security advice and recommendations. Maintain good relationships with internal stakeholders and ensure customer satisfaction, by delivering quality service and escalation of issues as necessary;
• Lead on internal red team exercises to
• Coordinate Red Team Operations: Oversee the planning, execution, and reporting of red team exercises to identify vulnerabilities and improve the organization’s security posture. Ensure alignment with industry standards and best practices.
• Develop and Implement Strategies: Create and maintain comprehensive red team strategies, including threat modelling, attack simulations, and penetration testing. Collaborate with other security teams to integrate findings into the overall security framework.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team to stay ahead of emerging threats.
• Maintain good relationships with internal stakeholders and ensure customer satisfaction, by delivering quality service and escalation of issues as necessary.
• Influence colleagues to drive technical remediation in a collaborative manner in line with KPMG risk appetite.
• Identify and drive security technical assessments service improvements, especially using automation.
Mandatory technical & functional skills
• Very good and relevant experience in a similar security technical assessment analysis and red team testing role.
• Understanding of tooling associated with security technical assessments such as AWS Config, Azure Policy, Static Application Security Testing and Dynamic Application Security Testing.
• Experience and knowledge in security technical assessments of applications and infrastructure within the Cloud, such as AWS and Azure.
• Experience working with external penetration testing vendors.
• Experience of successfully working in a fast paced, customer service environment, delivering high quality information security services.
• It would be advantageous if you can demonstrate some, or all:
• Experience and knowledge of container or serverless platforms.
• PowerShell scripting
• Any security or vulnerability management product certification.