Full-Time Principal Consultant, Proactive Services

Your CareerThis role is client-facing and requires the Principal Consultant to lead and produce deliverables based on proactive services engagements. The Principal Consultant will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (security teams, system and network administrators and owners, C-Suite, etc.) to manage and deliver proactive incident preparedness engagements, as well as wider proactive assessments and services. Furthermore, the Principal Consultant will act as a mentor and go to person in order to build up and strengthen our Proactive Services team. Speaking at conferences and general representation of Unit 42 are also part of the role.

Your ImpactPerform and lead proactive incident preparedness projects, including but not limited to TableTop Exercises (TTX), Incident Response Plans and Response Maturity Assessments.Review Crisis Management, Incident Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, and other relevant documents that support holistic business resilience.Plan and deliver a range of TTXs, including writing post exercise reports that provide detailed analysis and recommendations on areas for improvement. Manage and lead incident preparedness and other cyber security engagements from initial scoping through to delivery.

Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 20%).Mentorship of wider team members in incident preparedness best practices.

QualificationsYour Experience6+ years of incident preparedness and/or incident response related consulting experience with a passion for cyber security.Experience with leading and delivering complicated engagements including scoping, interfacing with the client, and have executed incident preparedness or IR related projects.Incident response consulting experience required. Incident preparedness experience is a must as it will be a core focus of the position.Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Cyber Security or related field or equivalent experience required.

The TeamUnit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Network's 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 mission-critical cybersecurity solutions, we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response, attack readiness, and remediation plans with a focus on providing long-term support to improve our clients’ security posture.

Our Commitment We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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