Principal Consultant, Cloud Security, Proactive Services (Unit 42)- Remote

$151,000 - $208,000/Yr

Palo Alto Networks - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Santa Clara, CA

Publishing Industries

About the position

This role is client-facing and requires the Principal Consultant to lead projects and produce deliverables based on proactive services client engagements. The Principal Consultant will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (technical operators, management, C-Suite, etc) to drive the security priorities of the Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and Cloud Related Applications/Services (CASB). The Principal Consultant will lead engagements delivering Proactive Consulting Services for consulting clients. This individual will be a trusted advisor tasked with fostering partnerships and assisting customers with their cybersecurity posture.

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

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience performing cloud security advisement and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards
• Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
• Experience managing a team of consultants
• Cloud Security-related certifications preferred
• 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
• Knowledge of command-line interfaces or scripting tools in cloud environments is a plus
• 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%)
• 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
• 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

Benefits

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