Consulting Director, DFIR

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks® as a Consulting Director, Reactive Services and provide expert-level cybersecurity and data breach response guidance to Unit 42 clients. You will be the client’s cybersecurity advocate, offering strategic and technical leadership. This senior-level consulting position requires 10 years of hands-on experience in digital forensics and incident response, along with a strategic mindset and strong communication skills. You will lead technical breach response teams, manage complex budgets, and potentially travel up to 20%. The role involves working with forensic tools, analyzing malware, and developing creative solutions. Compensation includes a base salary between $183,000 - $252,000/YR, restricted stock units, and a bonus.

Requirements

• Industry-recognized inspiring leader with media and public speaking experience, deeply embedded in information security community
• Experience with forensic processes and procedures (chain of custody, computer acquisition techniques, and memory acquisition techniques)
• Experience using forensics tools such as EnCase, FTK, SleuthKit, Volatility, etc
• Analysis experience and operational understanding of one or more major operating systems (Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Mac)
• Knowledge of common malware persistence mechanisms
• Experience identifying and triaging malware
• 10 years of hands-on consulting experience in digital forensics, and incident response
• Strategic mindset but also detail-oriented and hands-on ability to lead high-level discussion on DFIR technology strategy and approach both internally and externally
• Demonstrated self-starter with intellectual curiosity and ability to adapt to change
• Ability to work quickly, willingness to work on ad hoc assignments, work independently or leading teams as needed
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to develop unique and creative solutions to problems on the fly
• Willingness to learn new technologies and techniques to solve complex customer issues

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level guidance on all areas of cybersecurity and data breach response to Unit 42 clients across a wide array of industries, geographies, and organizational structures
• Be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity and provide strategic and technical leadership in this area
• Maintain hyper-current knowledge of extant vulnerabilities and threat landscape
• Lead technical breach response teams in fast-paced environment
• Manage clients, lead meetings, and manage multiple project teams concurrently
• Quickly develop and maintain rapport with clients
• Demonstrated ability to cross-sell or upsell existing clients and generate new business
• Manage complex budgets
• Allocate staff to various projects quickly and efficiently
• Willingness to travel as required (up to 20%) to support leadership, customer briefings, planning and other activity as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Willingness to travel as required (up to 20%) to support leadership, customer briefings, planning and other activity as needed

Benefits

• Base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $183,000 - $252,000/YR
• Restricted stock units
• A bonus