Senior Consultant

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks' Offensive Security team as a Senior Consultant to assess and enhance the cybersecurity posture of diverse clients. You will leverage various tools and methodologies to conduct penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and threat hunting. Your responsibilities include reporting findings, developing automation tools, and providing remediation recommendations. This role requires extensive experience in information security, penetration testing, and risk assessment. The ideal candidate possesses a deep understanding of malicious software and experience with various security tools and technologies. Palo Alto Networks offers a supportive work environment with various benefits and development opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience with risk assessment tools, technologies, and methods focused on Information Assurance, Information Systems/Network Security, Infrastructure Design, and Vulnerabilities Assessments
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of how malicious software works (i.e.-malware, trojans, rootkits, etc.)
• Ability to modify known and/or craft custom exploits manually without dependence on consumer tools such as Metasploit
• Knowledge of tools and techniques used to conduct network, wireless, and web application penetration testing
• Familiarity with web application penetration testing and code auditing to find security gaps and vulnerabilities
• Knowledge and experience in conducting cyber risk assessments using industry standards
• Experience with penetration testing, administering, and troubleshooting major flavors of Linux, Windows, and major cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS providers (i.e., AWS, GCP, and Azure)
• Experience with security assessment tools
• Knowledge of network vulnerability assessments, web and cloud application security testing, network penetration testing, red teaming, security operations, or 'hunt
• Knowledge of computer forensic tools, technologies, and methods
• Identified ability to grow into a valuable contributor to the practice
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations or equivalent military experience required

Responsibilities

• Conduct periodic scans of networks to find and detect vulnerabilities
• Perform client penetration testing to find any vulnerabilities or weaknesses that might be exploited by a malicious party, using open-source, custom, and commercial testing tools
• Assist in scoping engagements by clearly articulating various penetration approaches and methodologies to audiences ranging from highly technical to executive personnel
• Generate reports that clearly communicate testing and assessment details, results, and remediation recommendations to clients
• Develop scripts, tools, and methodologies to automate and streamline internal processes and engagements
• Conduct IT application testing, cybersecurity tool and systems analysis, system and network administration, and systems engineering support for the sustainment of information technology systems (mobile application testing, penetration testing, application, security, and hardware testing)
• Conduct threat hunting and/or compromise assessment engagements to identify active or dormant indicators of compromise (IoCs) using Crypsis and Palo Alto Networks’ threat hunting tools (and/or client owned hunting instrumentation where applicable)
• Conduct cloud penetration testing engagements to assess specific workloads (i.e., AWS, GCP, Azure, containers, or other PaaS and SaaS instances) for vulnerabilities and subsequently attempt to exploit identified weakness after receiving permission from client stakeholders
• Provide recommendations to clients on specific security measures to monitor and protect sensitive data and systems from infiltration and cyber-attacks including response and recovery of a data security breach
• Perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands
• Assist in the development of internal infrastructure design for research, development, and testing focused on offensive security

Benefits

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