Senior Consultant, DFIR, Reactive Services (Unit 42) - Remote Weekend Shift

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

1d • $128,000 - $176,000 • Remote

About The Position

Job Summary This client-facing Senior Consultant role leads and produces deliverables for reactive services engagements. You will work directly with diverse customers and key stakeholders, including C-suite executives, to manage incident response engagements from initiation to completion, guiding clients through complex security challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or a related field, or equivalent military experience.
• 4+ years of direct experience in incident response or digital forensics.
• Proficiency in host-based forensics, data breach response, and evidence handling.
• Experience with forensic tools such as EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Volatility, WireShark, or TCPDump.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a client-facing incident response consulting role.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with internal teams, external partners, and sales functions.
• Executive presence with the credibility to advise senior-level stakeholders.
• Experience or interest in public speaking, conference presentations, or security-related publications.

Responsibilities

• Perform reactive incident response, including host-based analysis of Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
• Examine firewall, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence and artifacts of malicious activity.
• Investigate data breaches using forensic tools like EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, and Splunk to determine the source of compromise.
• Lead incident response engagements, guiding clients through forensic investigations, incident containment, and long-term remediation.
• Collaborate with and mentor junior consultants, sharing expertise in incident response and forensics best practices to empower the team.
• Operate on a weekend shift schedule from Friday to Monday (10-hour workdays, 40-hour workweek).
• Travel up to 30% as required to meet client and business demands.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees