Full-Time Senior Principal Researcher (Unit 42)

Your CareerAs a Strategic Threat Intelligence Advisor (Retail and Hospitality) within the External Engagement team in Unit 42 Threat Intelligence, you will bring expert knowledge of threats to the retail and hospitality industries and a passion for communicating about them effectively.

Working at the level of a senior principal threat intelligence analyst, you will be responsible for staying up to date on threat actors and attacks concerning to organizations in the retail and hospitality industries and providing meaningful intelligence contributions to those conversations.

You will be able to identify emerging trends in threat and incident response data and establish thought leadership as you share about these trends with industry peers.

You will communicate about the threat landscape for the retail and hospitality industries through presentations at industry events, meetings with partner organizations, and in external articles and social posts.

You will become a go-to expert about the threat landscape for retail and hospitality for Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks executives, customers and the larger cybersecurity community.

You will be a clear self-starter with the ability to understand high-level tasking and use your own knowledge and skills to meet goals and deadlines.

Consistent collaboration with other researchers and teams, as well as with partner organizations, will be necessary for your success in this role.

Your Impact

1. Demonstrate expertise in collecting and analyzing threat intelligence data across all categories of cyber threats relevant to the retail and hospitality industries
2. Document and communicate emerging threats, trends and their potential impact to the retail and hospitality industries in a timely manner
3. Translate your threat intelligence collection into multiple formats that can be shared effectively with internal and external partners focused on defending the retail and hospitality industries
4. Ability to map new threat intelligence findings into threat intelligence repositories
5. Be able to investigate and communicate an adversary’s actions through use of common frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Diamond Model
6. Conduct deep analysis using multiple types of Palo Alto Networks internal telemetry as well as open-source datasets across the entire threat landscape
7. Be able to conduct quick-turnaround threat analysis and feedback support for high-visibility threat research and urgent requests for information
8. Serve as an internal SME for threats related to the retail and hospitality industries
9. Demonstrate thought leadership across Unit 42 and within the retail and hospitality industries
10. Foster strong collaboration with key stakeholders across different functional teams and among partner organizations
11. Grow industry connections

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