Senior Consultant, GRC

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks as a Senior Consultant, GRC for Proactive Services and assist the Governance, Risk, and Compliance team in serving a diverse client portfolio. You will assess security risks across various frameworks, advocate for cybersecurity risk management, and provide strong recommendations to clients. Responsibilities include supporting advisory engagements, leading audits and risk assessments, working across multiple regulatory standards, monitoring progress, identifying security risks, interacting with clients, ensuring controls meet requirements, and reporting findings. This role requires 4+ years of experience in information security and risk assessments, experience with GRC tools, and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Preferred qualifications include experience with application security audits, strong client relationship skills, and knowledge of computer forensics. The compensation range is $128,000 - $176,000/year, and may include restricted stock units and a bonus.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards
• Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation
• Experience with Application Security Audits and Risk Scoring
• Demonstrate a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
• Knowledge of computer forensic tools, technologies, and methods
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security or equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations

Responsibilities

• Assist Unit 42 Leadership in the development of Risk Management, Compliance, and Security standards within professional services
• Deep industry knowledge of best practices within Governance Risk and Compliance and ability to provide recommendations to proactively improve our clients’ security posture
• Support Advisory engagements such as Tabletop Exercises, Cyber Risk Assessments, Incident Response Plan development, Ransomware Readiness Reviews & Breach Readiness Reviews
• Act as a key member of our team, learning to lead audits, risk assessments, and other engagement-related duties in accordance with industry regulations, standards, and company policies and procedures for assurance and continuous improvement of controls
• The ability to work across multiple frameworks and regulatory standards including, but not limited to, NIST CSF, ISO, GDPR, SOX, HIPPA
• Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed of progress and expected outcomes while defining potential impacts and creating an effective mitigation strategy
• Skilled at proactively identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats
• Interact with prospects and clients by assisting with completing security questionnaires, assessments, and audits
• Ensure controls meet legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards, and security requirements
• Effectively write and communicate audit, assessment, or compliance engagement reports and provide recommendations to client management
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average ~30%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Identified ability to grow into a valuable contributor to the practice and, specifically have an external presence via public speaking, conferences, and/or publications
• Have credibility, executive presence, and gravitas
• Be able to have a meaningful and rapid delivery contribution
• Have the potential and capacity to understand all aspects of the business and an excellent understanding of PANW products
• Be collaborative and able to build relationships internally, externally, and across all PANW functions, including the sales team

Benefits

• The starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $128,000 - $176,000/YR
• The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus