Palo Alto Networks is hiring a
Principal Consultant

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks as a Principal Consultant in the Threat Intelligence Services team. Provide threat intelligence insights to clients and support various engagements. Requires 7+ years of experience in a threat intelligence team, excellent English communication skills, and deep understanding of cybercriminal groups.

Requirements

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience in a threat intelligence team, ideally in a consulting capacity but in-house experience is also a plus
• Excellent English written and verbal communications skills
• Experience in producing tailored threat reports on a strategic and tactical level for consumers ranging from senior management to technical analysts
• Deep understanding of cybercriminal and state-sponsored groups, their TTPs and high level mitigations
• Understanding of how threat intelligence is made actionable within client organisations including incident response, detection engineering, red teaming, threat hunting and/or risk management
• Strong familiarity with the Mitre ATT&CK framework

Responsibilities

• Assist Unit 42 Consulting Director of Threat Intelligence Consulting Services in developing and delivering a threat-informed service offering to international clients
• Act as a subject matter expert on cyber threat intelligence for clients and internal teams
• Plan, research, and write analytical reports including client-specific threat assessments and event-based briefings
• Deliver threat intelligence maturity assessments and threat intelligence capability building services, including recommendations to improve client’s threat intelligence practices
• OSINT and deep dark web monitoring for victim-centric intelligence
• Interface with the wider Unit 42 Security Consulting and Palo Alto Networks product teams to identify mitigating actions to TTPs exploited by threat actors
• Amplify Unit 42s’ presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, and blog articles on threat intelligence topics

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in intelligence led-red team exercises like CORIE, CBEST, TIBER, iCAST
• Knowledge of threat actors hunting tools and techniques (e.g. VT, Passive DNS)
• Experience in incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, or red teaming
• Experience in risk management consulting advising clients on appropriate security controls
• Experience in building organizational incident preparedness including tabletop exercises, incident response planning or crisis management
• Additional language skills to interface with regional clients (ideally Japanese)
• Proficiency in Python or other scripting languages to automate tasks

Benefits

• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
• Mental and financial health resources
• Personalized learning opportunities