SIEM Engineer - Consultant - Mumbai

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.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage IBM QRadar SIEM including deployment, configuration, and fine-tuning
• Monitor security events, logs, and alerts to detect suspicious activities
• Analyze offenses and perform incident triage and escalation
• Create and optimize custom rules, correlation rules, dashboards, and reports
• Integrate various log sources (firewalls, IDS/IPS, servers, cloud platforms, endpoints) into QRadar
• Perform log parsing and troubleshooting for ingestion issues
• Conduct threat hunting and root cause analysis for identified incidents
• Support incident response teams with actionable insights and forensic data
• Maintain SIEM health checks, performance tuning, and upgrades/patching
• Ensure compliance with security standards and policies (ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.)
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve security posture
  
  

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with IBM QRadar SIEM
• Knowledge of log management, event correlation, and SIEM architecture
• Experience with offense analysis and incident response workflows
• Familiarity with network security concepts (TCP/IP, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS)
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows systems
• Experience in log source onboarding and DSM customization
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Basic scripting knowledge (Python / Bash / PowerShell) is a plus
• Familiarity with SOAR tools is an added advantage
  
  

Equal employment opportunity information

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