Full-Time Principal Consultant - SOC Transformation & XSIAM
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a remote Full-Time Principal Consultant - SOC Transformation & XSIAM. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting Remote, CA based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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As a Principal Consultant for SOC Transformation & XSIAM Deployment, you will be a seasoned leader at the forefront of our most strategic customer engagements.
Your primary role is to drive these large-scale programs, ensuring the successful execution of foundational elements like seamless log migration and the development of sophisticated detection strategies.
Your Impact:
- Serve as the lead strategic advisor and subject matter expert for customers undertaking a full-scale SOC modernization with XSIAM
- Lead multi-national SOC transformation programs, consolidating fragmented detection and response processes into a unified, AI-driven platform
- Direct enterprise-scale XSIAM deployments, guiding customers from initial strategy to full operationalization
- Devise and oversee comprehensive log ingestion strategies to ensure high-quality data fuels the XSIAM platform
- Architect and implement sophisticated detection strategies and correlation rules to fortify customer defenses against advanced threats
- Fine-tune and optimize log sources and correlation rules to maximize system performance and detection efficacy
- Identify opportunities to enhance analyst alert handling and response through automation
- Transform ambiguity into structured action plans, driving accountability at every level of a customer engagement
- Build and mentor high-performing professional services teams
- Partner with Product & R&D teams to incorporate field insights into roadmap priorities
Your Experience:
- A proven track record in modernizing Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to achieve automation, AI-driven detection
- Exceptional executive presence, with strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior security leaders
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in deploying and integrating SIEM/security analytics solutions
- 8+ years of experience with Security Operations Center (SOC) tooling, processes, and workflows
- Hands-on technical mastery across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, cloud security, and threat intelligence
- Ability to conceive, architect, and develop effective correlation and detection rules
- Familiarity with SIEM technologies, such as Splunk and IBM QRadar, is a plus
- Strong expertise in Regular Expressions (Regex)
- Relevant bachelor's degree or industry-recognized qualifications (CISSP, GIAC, etc.), is a plus
- Must be able to travel up to 30%