Principal Consultant, Incident Preparedness

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 Consulting team as a Principal Consultant to lead and deliver proactive incident preparedness engagements. You will work directly with clients, managing projects from initial scoping to delivery, and mentoring team members. Responsibilities include performing and leading projects like TableTop Exercises (TTX), reviewing crisis management plans, and delivering TTXs with detailed analysis and recommendations. The role requires significant incident preparedness and response consulting experience, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and approximately 20% travel. You will also represent Unit 42 at conferences. This client-facing position offers the opportunity to shape the future of cybersecurity and contribute to a more secure digital world.

Requirements

• 6+ years of incident preparedness and/or incident response related consulting experience with a passion for cyber security
• Experience with leading and delivering complicated engagements including scoping, interfacing with the client, and have executed incident preparedness or IR related projects
• Incident response consulting experience required. Incident preparedness experience is a must as it will be a core focus of the position
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Cyber Security or related field or equivalent experience required

Responsibilities

• Perform and lead proactive incident preparedness projects, including but not limited to TableTop Exercises (TTX), Incident Response Plans and Response Maturity Assessments
• Review Crisis Management, Incident Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, and other relevant documents that support holistic business resilience
• Plan and deliver a range of TTXs, including writing post exercise reports that provide detailed analysis and recommendations on areas for improvement
• Manage and lead incident preparedness and other cyber security engagements from initial scoping through to delivery
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 20%)
• Mentorship of wider team members in incident preparedness best practices