Principal Consultant Incident Response Unit 42

Your Career

As a Principal Consultant in Unit 42 the individual will be responsible for managing incident response engagements with our largest clients and in our most complex engagements. They will become the goto expert for clients during highpriority incident response remediation and recovery phases providing both strategic guidance and technical oversight while also focusing on product integration. The role requires indepth cybersecurity expertise to enable serving as an incident commander throughout the incident response lifecycle.  

While actively involved in incident response service delivery this person also works with peers and the executive team to enhance Unit 42s incident response practice including developing and improving the technical and operating methodologies employed during incident response engagements. 

We are seeking an individual who is dedicated to delivering highly technical consulting services to an exceptional standard thrives in a fast paced team environment and advocates for innovative approaches to deliver the best outcomes for our crosssector clients. 

Your Impact

• Lead the team delivering highprofile highstakes enterprise level incident response engagements 
• Provide handson expertlevel incident response services to clients and deliver findings to CxO and/or Board of Directors
• Partner with the Unit 42 Directors executive team and service line leaders to develop and execute strategy for the Unit 42 Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) practice as well as continuously advance the maturity of our services
• Drive innovation in Unit 42s reactive offerings by leading the consulting team and collaborating with crossfunctional teams to bring new capabilities and services to market that leverage Palo Alto Networks products
• Ensure the consistency and quality of our services and highest level of customer service
• Integrate threat intelligence into our services by deepening the feedback loop with Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team and telemetry
• Recruit and onboard world class Incident Response talent to support our growth goals
• Support the professional growth and development of our consultants through training and technical enablement
• Foster and maintain a culture that attracts and retains smart kind team members dedicated to executing with excellence
• Identify and execute strategies for service development enablement and process that result in the pull through of Palo Alto Networks products
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clientele to increase awareness of Unit 42s capabilities and provide ondemand expertise for client needs
• Amplify Unit 42s presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership including via speaking engagements articles whitepapers and media exposure

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• 7 years of handson professional experience in incident response with 3 years experience in clientfacing consulting roles
• Demonstrated prior experience and success in leading multisite large scale incident response engagements including scoping work managing incident response engagements endtoend and providing guidance on tactical and longer term remediation recommendations
• Experience in managing leading and motivating consultants at all levels
• Experience as a team leader including overseeing other senior and midlevel analyst/consultant teams
• Ability to travel as needed to meet business demands
• Able to split your time across commercial support client delivery team coaching and technical expertise and skills maintenance activities
• Strong presentation communication and presentation skills with verifiable industry experience communicating at CxO and/or Board of Directors level
• Expert level of knowledge of applicable laws compliance regulations and industry standards as it relates to privacy security and compliance 
• Deep technical experience  and operational understanding of major operating systems (Microsoft Windows Linux or Mac) and/or proficiency in host based forensics network forensics and cloud incident response
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) threat hunting log analysisand triage forensics
• Collection and analysis of host and cloud based forensic data at scale
• Client services mindset and topnotch client management skills
• Experiencedbased understanding of clients needs and desired outcomes in incident response investigations
• Demonstrated writing ability including technical reports business communication and thought leadership pieces
• Operates with a handson approach to service delivery with a bias towards collaboration and teamwork
• Track record of championing innovation and improvement initiatives for your area of expertise identifying emerging trends and technologies and developing leading  solutions to address client needs
• Be a valuable contributor to the practice and specifically
  • develop 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
• Bachelors Degree in Information Security Computer Science Digital Forensics Cyber Security or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent relevant experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations
• Professional industry certifications such as
  • GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE) GIAC Incident Handler (GCIH)

Desired but not essential

• Operational Technology (OT) incident response experience
• Ability to assist in a broad range of cyber security consulting engagements such as digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) security operations (SOC) assessments table top exercises (TTX) and/or compromise assessments
• Professional industry certifications such as
  • GIAC Defensible Security Architect (GDSA) GIAC Intrusion Analyst (GCIA) GIAC Continuous Monitoring (GMON)
  • Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) CREST Registered Tester (CREST CRT) GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
  • CISSP CISM
• Understanding of cyber risk frameworks or industry standards such NIST CSF and 80053 ISO 27001/2 PCI CIS Top 20 CMMC
• Public speaking experience at prestigious industry events
• (In addition to exceptional English communications skills) business level proficiency in one or more languages spoken across JAPAC

Additional Information :

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Networks security advisory team.  Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response risk management and digital forensic services to clients of all sizes. Our team is composed of recognized experts and incident responders with deep technical expertise and experience in investigations data breach response digital forensics and information security. With a highly successful track record of delivering missioncritical cybersecurity solutions we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response attack readiness and remediation plans with a focus on providing longterm support to improve our clients security posture. 

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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