Associate Director, Software Security Architecture and Enablement

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Software Security Architecture and Enablement to join our Enterprise Security Services organization. This is a remote work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise DevSecOps strategy and execution by embedding security by design and “Security/Policy as Code” across the SDLC, aligning with business goals and proactively mitigating evolving threats to firm data and environments
• Serve as a senior security advisor to cross-functional teams and executives, translating risk trade-offs into actionable controls, enabling secure delivery, and presenting strategic proposals to senior IT leadership
• Advance DevSecOps maturity (DVSOMM) by defining KPIs/OKRs, building dashboards, measuring scan/test effectiveness and MTTR, and driving continuous improvement of secure engineering practices across programs
• Modernize governance and security reviews through automation and Generative AI, maintain standards and reusable design patterns, performing threat modeling, and tracking remediation to closure
• Architect secure platforms and delivery pipelines across multi-cloud and hybrid environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), integrating SAST/DAST/SCA, IaC, secrets scanning, and compliance into CI/CD, while securing AI/ML systems and emerging technologies
• Grow talent and partnerships by mentoring a mid-sized team, planning resources and projects, promoting secure coding practices, aligning with federated tech groups, and collaborating with cloud vendors to influence roadmaps and features
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
  
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum eight years of recent experience in security architecture within regulated enterprises, delivering secure “as-a-service” solutions from design through implementation; strong technical depth across multiple domains, including application development, cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP), identity and access management, infrastructure, networking, and emerging technologies such as Generative and Agentic AI
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Expertise in cloud security and delivery models, with hands-on experience securing IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and containerized/cloud-native environments; skilled in applying Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps across both waterfall and agile SDLCs, using platforms like GitHub, ADO, and GitLab
• Proven ability to define and implement security standards and controls, aligned to frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA; strong command of OWASP Top 10, CWE/SANS Top 25, and WASC; able to communicate vulnerabilities and mitigations to technical and non-technical audiences
• Practical experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines, integrating SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, secrets scanning, and compliance checks; experience building automated testing and policy enforcement; proven experience establishing telemetry and feedback loops to improve pipeline security posture
• Leadership and secure engineering capabilities, including threat modeling, code reviews, and application/API testing; programming in C#, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Python; mentoring teams; and holding certifications such as CISSP, CCSP/CCSK, AZ-500, AWS Security Specialty, or Google Cloud Security Engineer
• 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)
  
  

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