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

Palo Alto Networks • New York, NY

12h • $128,000 - $176,000 • Remote

About The Position

This role is client-facing and requires the Senior Consultant to help lead 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 lead incident response incidents and guide clients through the engagement from start to finish. Your Impact Weekend Work Shift is Friday-Monday (10 hr work day/ 40 hr work week)

Requirements

• 4+ years of incident response or digital forensics experience with a passion for cyber security
• Proficient with host-based forensics and data breach response
• Experienced with EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Volatility, WireShark, TCPDump, and open source forensic tools
• 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
• be 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
• be 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 required

Nice To Haves

• Incident Response Consulting preferred

Responsibilities

• Perform 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 firewall, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence and artifacts of malicious and compromised activity
• Investigate data breaches leveraging forensics tools including Encase, FTK, X-Ways, SIFT, Splunk, and custom Unit 42 investigation tools to determine source of compromises and malicious activity that occurred in client environments
• Lead incident response engagements to guide clients through forensic investigations, contain security incidents, and provide guidance on longer term remediation recommendations
• Mentorship of Incident Response Consultants in incident response and forensics best practices
• Ability to perform light travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 30%)

What This Job Offers

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