Principal Consultant, Cloud Security

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 Consulting team as a Principal Consultant, leading client-facing projects focused on cloud security. You will work directly with customers to enhance their cloud security posture across platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP. Responsibilities include conducting security audits, risk assessments, and advising on security roadmaps. This role requires extensive experience in cloud security, risk assessment, and consulting, along with strong technical skills and client management abilities. The ideal candidate possesses cloud security certifications and experience with CASBs. Palo Alto Networks offers competitive compensation, including a base salary, restricted stock units, and a bonus, along with various benefits.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience performing cloud security advisement and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards
• Hands-on experience with a cloud hosting provider (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
• Possess a deep technical knowledge in CASBs, Cloud Platforms and the dependencies around such an environment (WAF, SSO, Cloud Threats, API Security, Cloud Security Posture Management)
• Demonstrates a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 30%)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security OR equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and produce deliverables based on proactive services client engagements
• Work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (technical operators, management, C-Suite, etc) to drive the security priorities of the Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and Cloud Related Applications/Services (CASB)
• Lead engagements delivering Proactive Consulting Services for consulting clients
• Foster partnerships and assist customers with their cybersecurity posture
• Understand the cloud threat intelligence landscape, including threat actors in cloud environments and common attacks in the cloud
• Conduct security configuration audits of client cloud administration consoles against industry-standard frameworks and best practices
• Perform architectural overviews of client cloud environment networking edge protections
• Analyze the current level of monitoring and alerting within cloud-hosted infrastructure and environments and provide a gap analysis on log coverage
• Conduct reviews of cloud identity management methodologies including federation, delegation of rights, conditional access, and multi-factored authentication
• Conduct general cyber risk assessments using framework or standards like NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS Top 2, CMMD, or other industry measurement tools
• Use command-line interfaces of cloud-hosted environments to conduct technical and control set validation
• Assess client implementations of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments by understanding the technical implementations of both on-premises infrastructure and other cloud environment dependencies
• Advise on and develop cloud security initiative roadmaps for clients further to secure their cloud environment and interactions with on-premises infrastructure
• Scope new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
• Perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 30%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Former professional services and consulting experience
• Experience managing a team of consultants
• Cloud Security-related certifications
• Experience with a Cloud Application Security Broker - MCAS, Netskope
• Former experience with cloud migrations (cloud to cloud, or on-prem to cloud)
• Knowledge of command-line interfaces or scripting tools in cloud environments
• Identified ability to grow into a valuable contributor to the practice and, specifically - External presence via public speaking, conferences, and/or publications
• Potential and capacity to understand all aspects of the business and an excellent understanding of PANW products
• Collaborative nature and capable of building relationships internally, externally, and across all PANW functions, including the sales team

Benefits

• Base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 - $208000/YR
• Restricted stock units
• A bonus