Full-Time Principal Consultant, Offensive Security (Unit 42)
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a remote Full-Time Principal Consultant, Offensive Security (Unit 42). The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting Munich, Germany based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Job Title
Principal Consultant, Offensive Security (Unit 42)
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Career Level
Full-Time
Career Level
Experienced
Locations Accepted
Munich, Germany
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Your Career
The Principal Consultant on the Offensive Security team is focused on assessing and challenging the security posture across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will utilize a variety of tools developed and act as a key team member and leader in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity best practices and will provide strong recommendations in this domain.
Your Impact
- Perform red and purple team assessments, assumed breach assessments, ransomware readiness reviews, threat analysis and social-engineering assessments
- Develop scripts, tools, and methodologies to automate and streamline internal processes and engagements - Examples include Terraform and Ansible, custom payload generators / loaders
- 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
- Lead scoping and services overview conversations with clients for prospective engagements in area of expertise, presenting with credibility and authority
- Determine processes and procedures to be followed on assignments
- Leads communications with clients on engagements, including highly technical matters
- Ability to lead engagement delivery through to completion, manage engagement economics to deliver projects on time and on budget and uphold high standards of quality
- Mentor and coach new team members and lead by example, demonstrating technical skills and procedures during engagements
- Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands
Qualifications
- 8+ years of professional experience with cyber security tools, technologies, and methods focused on Red/Purple Teaming
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of how malicious software works
- Ability to modify known and/or craft custom exploits manually without dependence on consumer tools
- Ability to create bypasses to security tools, and weaponize payloads for delivery on social-engineering engagements
- Strong experience with Active Directory and attack killchain
- Experience with penetration testing, administering, and troubleshooting major flavours of Linux, Windows, and major cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS providers (i.e., AWS, GCP, and Azure)
- Experience with scripting and editing existing code and programming using one or more of the following - Perl, Python, ruby, bash, C/C++, C#, or Java
- Ability to read and use the results of mobile code, malicious code, and anti-virus software
- Demonstrable experience of threat-intelligence led red teaming frameworks such as CORIE, CBEST, TIBER-EU
- Track record of championing innovation and improvement initiatives for your area of expertise
- 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
- Professional industry certifications such as: Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) CREST Registered Tester (CREST CRT) GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) CREST Certified Simulated Attack Specialist (CCSAS)
The Team
Unit 42 brings together our world-renowned threat researchers with an elite team of security consultants to create an intelligence-driven, response ready organization.
FAQs
What is the last date for applying to the job?
The deadline to apply for Full-Time Principal Consultant, Offensive Security (Unit 42) at Palo Alto Networks is
23rd of October 2025
. We consider jobs older than one month to have expired.
Which countries are accepted for this remote job?
This job accepts [
Munich, Germany
] applicants. .
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