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Our Calgary team is looking for highly motivated Cyber Security professionals at the Manager/Senior Manager level to join our team! As a member of KPMG Canada’s cross-functional Cyber team, you will be dedicated to enabling our clients' cyber transformation journey through service delivery leadership, advisory, and support.

 A career within our Cybersecurity services practice will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients design, implement, optimize and sustain effective Cybersecurity programs that protect against threats, propels transformation, and drives growth. As companies pivot toward a digital business model, exponentially more data is generated and shared among organizations, partners and customers. We play an integral role in helping our clients ensure they are protected by developing transformation strategies focused on security, efficiently integrate and manage new or existing technology systems to deliver continuous operational improvements and increase their return on cybersecurity investments, and detect, respond to, and remediate threats.

KPMG’s Cyber team has received tremendous investment and has been identified as a transformational part of the firm to deliver growth over the next five years. This is an excellent opportunity for those that are looking to stay ahead of the curve and work in a firm with unparalleled career progression opportunities.

You will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leadership, oversight, and successful delivery of cyber security transformation engagements serving multiple clients across various industries
• Understand our clients' key cybersecurity challenges and opportunities, and advise/ propose practical and cost-effective solutions to address them and to effectively manage risk across multiple layers of the technology architecture stack
• Hands-on participation in the digital and technical aspects of engagements including design and implementation
• Champion one or more technical service offerings such as threat risk assessments, threat modeling, identity access management, IT asset and vulnerability management, cyber maturity assessments and transformation roadmap development and execution
• Active involvement in the business development activities such as participating in the local business community and developing relationships with clients to increase awareness of the firm’s services. Identifying and assisting in pursuits including developing marketing materials, proposals, presentations and research
• Contribute to team development through engaged mentorship and knowledge sharing to help team members grow their consulting skills, professional brand, and technical acumen. Manage the performance and development of team members
• Work collaboratively across KPMG service lines to provide holistic support to our clients
• Engage in and contribute to the innovation, growth and enhancement of KPMG Cyber services.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, existing clients, and prospective client organizations

• Experience in cyber security consulting and/or technology consulting or operations, including recommending applicable cyber security solutions within mid to large level organizations.
• Bachelors or Diploma required.
• Proven experience in defining and/or implementing security controls across multiple layers of the technology architecture stack.
• Interpreting and applying the requirements of appropriate standards (e.g., NIST, ISO, OSFI, ISF), policies, regulatory requirements and threat/risk assessment in the definition of enterprise security strategy.
• Designing and updating cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, and target operating models.
• Industry relevant designations such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, ITIL, PCI QSA, CIPP/C, TOGAF, or SABSA an asset;
• Strong knowledge of security risk management practices including security architecture, vulnerability and patch management, identity access management (IAM), cloud security, privacy, etc.
• Experience implementing business resilience strategies to manage the impact of a cyber incidents, including designing and updating cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, and target operating models within a business context.
• Experience effectively communicating and presenting cyber security strategies, solutions, and insights to stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience developing reports in a clear, organized structure, catering to a mix of technical and business/managerial stakeholders.

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• Experience in cyber security consulting and/or technology consulting or operations, including recommending applicable cyber security solutions within mid to large level organizations.
• Bachelors or Diploma required.
• Proven experience in defining and/or implementing security controls across multiple layers of the technology architecture stack.
• Interpreting and applying the requirements of appropriate standards (e.g., NIST, ISO, OSFI, ISF), policies, regulatory requirements and threat/risk assessment in the definition of enterprise security strategy.
• Designing and updating cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, and target operating models.
• Industry relevant designations such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, ITIL, PCI QSA, CIPP/C, TOGAF, or SABSA an asset;
• Strong knowledge of security risk management practices including security architecture, vulnerability and patch management, identity access management (IAM), cloud security, privacy, etc.
• Experience implementing business resilience strategies to manage the impact of a cyber incidents, including designing and updating cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, and target operating models within a business context.
• Experience effectively communicating and presenting cyber security strategies, solutions, and insights to stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience developing reports in a clear, organized structure, catering to a mix of technical and business/managerial stakeholders.

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