Full-Time Shift Analyst, Unit 42

Your CareerWe are seeking a driven problem solver to join our Unit 42 MDR team. Our team is responsible for customers internal security monitoring, threat hunting and incident response. As a MDR Analyst, we will rely on you to detect and respond to cyber incidents facing customers’ internal business.

The ideal candidate is a quick learner and good communicator who will be able to follow established processes for analyzing threat alerts that fire from our Cortex XDR. The candidate should be a creative thinker who takes pride in solving tough problems.

Your ImpactJoin a new emerging team who is going to be part of Palo Alto’s Unit 42, Working closely with global customers providing the best security in the market.

Own an incident lifecycle from outbreak to full remediation

Provide critical feedback to the different product, research and engineering and threat hunting teams to help improve the products for the entire Palo Alto Networks’ customer base

Work closely with Security Research, Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting teams to remediate and detect new emerging threats

This position is a Shift Position (Saturday / Sunday shifts are expected to be part of the role). Shift time consists of US time, EMEA time and APAC time.

Your Experience

• 1+ years of experience in a multi-tiered SOC/IR is a must
• Experienced with Technologies such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, FWA
• Well-established familiarity with attack trends and vectors
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Some degree of Malware Analysis - An advantage
• CEH / CompTIA CYSA+ certifications - An advantage
• Hands-on experience with Cortex XSOAR or Cortex XDR - An advantage

The Team

Unit 42 is the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. We believe threat intelligence should be shared and available to all within the industry. We deliver high-quality, in-depth research on adversaries, malware families, and attack campaigns. Our analysts uncover and document adversary behaviors and then share playbooks that give insight into the various tools, techniques, and procedures threat actors execute to compromise organizations.

If you’re looking for a career with access to the brightest minds in cybersecurity, you’ve found it. We have a hunger for researching, hunting out the world’s newest threats and sharing them with our industry to make the digital world a safer place.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects — centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world. We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever! That means we’re constantly working to make your experience amazing, and you are part of the team breaking boundaries of what the workplace can be!

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