Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks as a Principal Consultant, Threat Intelligence Services. This senior-level position within Unit 42 Proactive Services team involves providing threat intelligence insights to clients and supporting various engagements such as incident response, red teaming, table top exercises, and risk assessments. The role requires 7+ years of demonstrated experience in a threat intelligence team, excellent English communication skills, deep understanding of cybercriminal groups, and strong familiarity with the Mitre ATT&CK framework.

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

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