KPMG

Executive - Cyber Defense

Posted On

Nov. 18, 2025

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Experience Level

KI Professional

Job Type

Full Time

Apply By

March 25, 2026

Job Description

About KPMG in India

KPMG entities in India are professional services firm(s). These Indian member firms are affiliated with KPMG International Limited. KPMG was established in India in August 1993. Our professionals leverage the global network of firms, and are conversant with local laws, regulations, markets and competition. KPMG has offices across India in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurugram, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Vadodara and Vijayawada.

KPMG entities in India offer services to national and international clients in India across sectors. We strive to provide rapid, performance-based, industry-focused and technology-enabled services, which reflect a shared knowledge of global and local industries and our experience of the Indian business environment.

1. Strong understanding of security risks in networks and application platforms

2. Strong understanding of network security, infrastructure security and application security,

3. Strong understanding of OSI, TCP/IP model and network basics

4. Demonstrate technical penetration testing skills on IT infrastructure, web applications, mobile platforms and Red teaming

Strong technical skills: Information security, network security, Windows security, UNIX/Linux security, web and mobile application security, Cloud platforms.

5. Good knowledge on web,Thick client,API, Mobile (Android,iOS) VAPT and Penetration testing assessments.

6. Broad knowledge of security technologies for applications, databases, networks, servers, and desktops.

7. Ability to perform manual penetration testing.

8. Experience in Application Security Testing, or related functions Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration testing.

9. Perform penetration testing of various thick client software, web applications, and communications infrastructure to assist in hardening the cybersecurity posture against malicious actors

10. Perform technical writing to communicate the preparation, testing, and recommendation phases for various security tests. Work with stakeholders to remediate system vulnerabilities.

11. Expertise in the phases of penetration testing. Familiarity with Kali Linux distribution and the associated penetration testing tools suite. Experience in penetration testing simulations like Hack the Box or Capture the Flag exercises considered a plus.

12. Good Understanding of OWASP top 10 and mitigation techniques

13. Experience in performing web application security assessments using hands on techniques for identifying SQL injections, XSS, Security Misconfiguration, CSRF, authentication/ authorization issues

14. Experience on both commercial, open source tools and frameworks but not limited: Burpsuite, Checkmarx, Metasploit, Core-Impact, Kali-Linux, AppScan, WebInspect, SSLScan, Soap UI Pro, SonarQube, Qualys, Nikto, Nessus, nmap, sqlmap, OWASP ZAP .

15. Conduct Source code(SAST/SCA) Analysis manually.

16. Knowledge on scripting language like Python, Shell is an add-on.

Equal employment opportunity information

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