Palo Alto Networks

Senior Consultant, DFIR – Weekend Schedule

Palo Alto Networks

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cyber SecurityLinux

About the role

  • This role is client-facing and requires the Senior Consultant to contribute and produce deliverables based on reactive services client engagements.
  • The Senior Consultant will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (Admins, C-Suite, etc) to manage incident response engagements and provide guidance on longer term remediation.
  • Perform and contribute in reactive incident response functions including but not limited to: host-based analysis functions through investigating Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
  • Examine VPN, firewall, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence of malicious activity
  • Investigate data breaches leveraging Incident Response, cyber forensic, and security orchestration technologies tools to determine source of compromises and malicious activity that occurred in client environments
  • Contribute in incident response engagements to scope work, guide clients through forensic investigations, contain security incidents, and provide guidance on longer term remediation recommendations
  • Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average less than 20%)
  • Mentorship of team members in incident response and forensics best practices

Requirements

  • 5+ years of incident response or digital forensics consulting experience with a passion for cyber security
  • Experience with complicated engagements including scoping, interfacing with the client, and have executed on a technical front
  • Proficient in enterprise-wide, mass data acquisition and analysis on the host and network level as well as solutions for cyber forensic and Incident Response scenarios
  • Capability of working on the command line and enhancing automation for Incident Response scenarios
  • Incident response consulting experience required
  • Identified ability to grow into a valuable contributor to the practice and, specifically
  • Have an external presence via public speaking, conferences, and/or publications
  • Have credibility, executive presence, and gravitas
  • Able to have a meaningful and rapid delivery contribution
  • Have the potential and capacity to understand all aspects of the business and an excellent understanding of PANW products; Collaborative and able to build relationships internally, externally, and across all PANW functions, including the sales team.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security or related field or equivalent military experience
  • Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) Clearance: having spent the last five years in the UK and holding British citizenship
Benefits
  • FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
  • mental and financial health resources
  • personalized learning opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
incident responsedigital forensicscyber securitydata acquisitiondata analysishost-based analysiscommand lineautomationIndicators of Compromise (IOCs)security orchestration
Soft skills
client-facingmentorshippublic speakingrelationship buildingexecutive presencecredibilitycollaborationguidancecommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Information SecurityBachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in Digital ForensicsBachelor’s Degree in Cyber SecurityUK Security Check (SC) Clearance