Identity Defense - Consultant

KPMG Global ServicesNoida, Uttar PradeshOn-siteFull-timeStaff, 8–12 yearsListed 1 hour ago

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This role is for you if you have the below

Educational qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Information Security, or a related field. • Master’s degree in Cyber Security, Information Security, or Technology Management is preferred. • Relevant training in Identity Security, Active Directory Security, Threat Detection, or Microsoft Security technologies is highly desirable.
Work experience
• 6–8 years of progressive experience in Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Operations, or Enterprise Infrastructure Security. • Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience securing and administering large-scale Active Directory environments. • Proven experience managing and optimizing Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) deployments in enterprise environments. • Experience conducting Active Directory security assessments, attack path analysis, and remediation planning. • Strong background in identity threat detection, incident investigation, and remediation coordination. • Experience supporting audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements through security reporting and evidence collection. • Experience working with cross-functional teams, including Security Operations, Infrastructure, Identity Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), and Audit teams. • Demonstrated experience driving security posture improvement initiatives and reducing identity-related risks across enterprise environments.
The ideal candidate will:
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Active Directory and Identity Security, providing strategic guidance and technical leadership. • Lead the identification and analysis of Active Directory vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, privilege escalation paths, stale accounts, and domain controller security risks. • Utilize Microsoft Defender for Identity to detect, investigate, and respond to identity-based threats and suspicious activities. • Recommend and drive remediation actions to reduce the Active Directory attack surface and improve overall identity security posture. • Support security operations teams in defending against credential theft, credential misuse, lateral movement, and privilege escalation attacks. • Perform health checks, lifecycle management, and optimization of Defender for Identity sensors across the environment. • Review, prioritize, and support up to 40 remediation requests per month while ensuring timely risk mitigation. • Generate executive-level and operational reports for security teams, auditors, and leadership stakeholders. • Partner with infrastructure teams to implement security best practices and strengthen identity governance controls. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on proactive threat detection, attack path reduction, privileged access security, and identity protection. • Mentor junior analysts and contribute to the development of identity security standards, procedures, and operational playbooks .

This role is for you if you have the below

Educational qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Information Security, or a related field. • Master’s degree in Cyber Security, Information Security, or Technology Management is preferred. • Relevant training in Identity Security, Active Directory Security, Threat Detection, or Microsoft Security technologies is highly desirable.
Work experience
• 6–8 years of progressive experience in Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Operations, or Enterprise Infrastructure Security. • Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience securing and administering large-scale Active Directory environments. • Proven experience managing and optimizing Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) deployments in enterprise environments. • Experience conducting Active Directory security assessments, attack path analysis, and remediation planning. • Strong background in identity threat detection, incident investigation, and remediation coordination. • Experience supporting audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements through security reporting and evidence collection. • Experience working with cross-functional teams, including Security Operations, Infrastructure, Identity Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), and Audit teams. • Demonstrated experience driving security posture improvement initiatives and reducing identity-related risks across enterprise environments.
The ideal candidate will:
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Active Directory and Identity Security, providing strategic guidance and technical leadership. • Lead the identification and analysis of Active Directory vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, privilege escalation paths, stale accounts, and domain controller security risks. • Utilize Microsoft Defender for Identity to detect, investigate, and respond to identity-based threats and suspicious activities. • Recommend and drive remediation actions to reduce the Active Directory attack surface and improve overall identity security posture. • Support security operations teams in defending against credential theft, credential misuse, lateral movement, and privilege escalation attacks. • Perform health checks, lifecycle management, and optimization of Defender for Identity sensors across the environment. • Review, prioritize, and support up to 40 remediation requests per month while ensuring timely risk mitigation. • Generate executive-level and operational reports for security teams, auditors, and leadership stakeholders. • Partner with infrastructure teams to implement security best practices and strengthen identity governance controls. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on proactive threat detection, attack path reduction, privileged access security, and identity protection. • Mentor junior analysts and contribute to the development of identity security standards, procedures, and operational playbooks .