Principal Consultant, Cloud Security

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks as a Principal Consultant and lead client-facing projects focused on cloud security. You will work directly with customers and stakeholders to enhance their cloud security posture across platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP. Responsibilities include conducting security audits, analyzing cloud environments, and advising on security roadmaps. This role requires 6+ years of cloud security experience, relevant certifications, and strong technical skills. The ideal candidate will possess experience managing teams and building client relationships. Compensation includes a base salary between $151,000 and $208,000, plus potential bonuses and restricted stock units.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience performing cloud security advisement and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards
• Experience managing a team of consultants
• Hands-on experience with a cloud hosting provider (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
• Experience with a Cloud Application Security Broker - MCAS, Netskope
• 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)
• Former experience with cloud migrations (cloud to cloud, or on-prem to cloud)
• Demonstrates a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
• Ability to scope new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
• 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

• Understanding the cloud threat intelligence landscape, including threat actors in cloud environments and common attacks in the cloud
• Conducting security configuration audits of client cloud administration consoles against industry-standard frameworks and best practices
• Performing architectural overviews of client cloud environment networking edge protections
• Analyzing the current level of monitoring and alerting within cloud-hosted infrastructure and environments and provide a gap analysis on log coverage
• Conducting reviews of cloud identity management methodologies including federation, delegation of rights, conditional access, and multi-factored authentication
• Conducting general cyber risk assessments using framework or standards like NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS Top 2, CMMD, or other industry measurement tools
• Using command-line interfaces of cloud-hosted environments to conduct technical and control set validation
• Assessing client implementations of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments by understanding the technical implementations of both on-premises infrastructure and other cloud environment dependencies
• Advising on and develop cloud security initiative roadmaps for clients further to secure their cloud environment and interactions with on-premises infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
• Cloud Security-related certifications preferred
• Knowledge of command-line interfaces or scripting tools in cloud environments is a plus
• Identified ability to grow into a valuable contributor to the practice and, specifically - External presence via public speaking, conferences, and/or publications
• Credibility, executive presence, and gravitas
• Meaningful and rapid delivery contribution
• 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

• The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 - $208000/YR
• The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus