Consulting Director Security Operations Proactive Services jobs at Palo Alto in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

As a Principal Consultant in Unit 42 you will have the opportunity to work across a number of proactive cyber security domains including Cloud Security, Security Operations, Cyber Risk Management and Artificial Intelligence in cyber security.

Your Impact

• Principal SOC Advisory : 6+ years of consulting experience in SOC, security engineering, SIEM administration, and incident management and demonstrated success with serving large, multinational organisations in designing and implementing an organisation’s security operations program, organisational structures, and capabilities
• Possess a deep technical knowledge in Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, Security Orchestration and Response (SOAR) technologies, Endpoint Protection and Response/Next Gen Protection and Response (EDR/XDR) tools, Next GenFirewalls, Threat Intelligence and Hunting platforms
• Defensive Security Skills (desired) : Experience in security operations design, engineering and/or analysis and investigations, ideally in complex environments, with security event correlations across a variety of sources i.e. cloud, network, endpoint, logs
• Ability to perform detailed assessments, identify areas for improvement and make recommendations to transform an organisation's cyber security operations and capabilities to better protect, detect and rapidly respond to modern threats.
• Demonstrated experience in improving an organisations security operations capabilities such as improvements in asset visibility, threat detection capabilities, automation techniques, case management, enablement of compliance and regulatory requirements
• Experience in conducting threat hunting and/or compromise assessments to identify active or dormant indicators of compromise (IoCs) or evidence of unknown threats within an organisations digital environment
• Relevant industry certifications including GIAC Defensible Security Architect (GDSA), GIAC Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), GIAC Continuous Monitoring (GMON), CISSP
• Understanding of cyber risk frameworks or industry standards such as 800-53, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS 18, CMMC
• Principal Cloud Security : 6+ years of experience performing cloud security advisement and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards
• Hands-on experience with a cloud hosting provider (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
• Experience with a Cloud Application Security Broker - MCAS, Netskope
• Possess a deep technical knowledge in CASBs, Cloud Platforms and the dependencies around such an environment (WAF, SSO, Cloud Threats, API Security, Cloud Security Posture Management)
• Former experience with cloud migrations (cloud to cloud, or on-prem to cloud)
• Knowledge of command-line interfaces or scripting tools in cloud environments is a plus
• Cloud Security skills (desired): Secure software development practices, including SecDevOps
• Sound knowledge of applicable frameworks & standards, including OWASP, MITRE ATT@CK & D3FEND, CIS, NIST CSF, CSA CCM & ISO 27107
• Relevant industry certifications including CSCP
• Understanding of cyber risk frameworks or industry standards such as 800-53, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS 18, CMMC
• Principal Cyber Risk Management: Experience in performing cyber security threat & risk assessments to support the development of cyber security strategies and roadmaps
• Technical proficiency in a wide range of cyber risk management services, including cyber threat, risk and control assessments, secure software development practices, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, among others
• Sound knowledge of applicable laws, compliance regulations, and industry standards as it relates to privacy, security, and compliance
• Sound knowledge of applicable frameworks, including MITRE ATT@CK & D3FEND, CIS, NIST CSF, CSA CCM
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Cyber Risk Management skills (desired) : Experience in threat modelling & application security risk assessments, secure software development practices, including SecDevOps
• FAIR Open certified & experience in applying FAIR for cyber risk quantification
• Relevant industry certifications including CISSP, CISM, CISA
• Understanding of cyber risk frameworks or industry standards such as 800-53, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS 18, CMMC

Your Experience

• 6+ years of experience performing cyber security consulting in at least two of the three domains above, with SME experience in one of the domains
• Experience managing a team of consultants
• Demonstrates a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
• Ability to strive in a startup environment
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands
• 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 equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Collaborate with account teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization area

• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership

• As the main technical point of contact for Cloud Security, you will assist and collaborate to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs.

• Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition

• Scope and lead Proof of Value (PoV) projects for prospective customers and partners based on best practices to ensure technical win in your assigned opportunities

• Drive high technical validation and PoV win rates within your assigned specialization area

• Responsible for discussing and highlighting product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation

• Architect solutions that will help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture

• Accelerate technical validation of proposed solutions within your specialization

• Document High-Level Design and Key Use Cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks Solutions

• Help our customers build and develop further their services around Prisma Cloud

• Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape

• Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative

• Position Palo Alto Networks or Partner delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions

• Initiate projects to improve individual team’s performance

• Implement organizational policies & help others adopt

• Act as a conduit for customer feedback to Product Management, Technical Marketing, competitor intelligence, and R&D to create requirements and deliver product features for our customers

Your Experience

• 6+ years technical sales or equivalent experience highly preferred

• Hands-on experience using IaC software tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, GCP Cloud Deployment Manager etc) and CI/CD tools (IDEs, GitLab, GitHuB, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)

• Experience with Alicloud, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud configuration and administration of security features and services (including identity and access management, networking, firewalls, encryption)

• Deep experience in one or more cloud security areas such as Shift Left, CSPM, CWP, KSPM, CIEM, DSPM, AI-SPMBackground in security domain or cloud security highly preferred

• Understanding of container and container orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift

• This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings, please discuss with the recruiter on the specifics for this position.

• Proficient in English

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

We are seeking an individual who is passionate about cyber security and making a difference. You will be a continuous learner and have a sound knowledge of emerging cybersecurity trends and technologies.

Your Impact

• Oversee the delivery of our proactive consulting services, ensuring their consistency, quality and highest level of customer service
• Provide hands-on, expert-level proactive Security Operations Center (SOC) assessment and transformation services to clients and deliver findings to CxO and/or Board of Directors
• Work with the BDM and CSM to perform pipeline generation activities
• Lead scoping and services overview conversations with clients for prospective engagements in area of expertise, presenting with credibility and authority, clearly articulating various approaches and methodologies to audiences ranging from highly technical to executive personnel
• Partner with the Unit 42 executive team and service line leaders to develop and execute strategy for the Unit 42 proactive services practice
• Drive innovation in Unit 42’s proactive offerings, by leading and managing the consulting team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring new capabilities and services to market that leverage Palo Alto Networks products
• Manage the productivity of a team through attainment of utilisation targets
• Collaborate with peers and leaders across Unit 42 to drive operational and practice development goals
• Recruit and onboard world class talent to support our growth goals
• Support the professional growth and development of our consultants through training and technical enablement
• Foster and maintain a culture that attracts and retains smart, kind team members dedicated to executing with excellence
• Identify and execute strategies for service development, enablement, and product adoption
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clientele to increase awareness of Unit 42’s’ capabilities and provide on-demand expertise for client needs
• Amplify Unit 42s’ presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, articles, whitepapers, and media exposure

Your Experience

• 12+ years of hands-on experience delivering a wide range of cybersecurity consulting services, including at least 4 of the following 8 for global enterprise customers
  • Security operations (highly preferred for this position)
  • Application security (including AI)
  • Cloud security
  • Red & purple teaming
  • Cybersecurity risk assessments
  • Cybersecurity strategy & transformations
  • Cyber crisis management
  • Zero Trust
• Experience as a senior-level team leader including overseeing other principal, senior, and mid-level analyst/consultant teams
• Able to split your time across commercial support, client delivery, team leadership, individual mentoring, and technical expertise and skills maintenance activities
• Strong presentation, communication, and presentation skills with verifiable industry experience communicating at CxO and/or Board of Directors level
• Client services mindset and exceptional client management skills
• Public speaking experience, demonstrated writing ability, including technical reports, business communication, and thought leadership pieces
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent relevant experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations
• Professional industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, and other leading industry certifications in line with our services portfolio
• Expert level of knowledge of applicable laws, compliance regulations, and industry standards as it relates to privacy, security, and compliance
• You will have experience operating across Japan and the Asia Pacific

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

We are seeking an individual who is passionate about cyber security and making a difference. You will be a continuous learner and have a sound knowledge of emerging cybersecurity trends and technologies.

Your Impact

• Oversee the delivery of our proactive consulting services, ensuring their consistency, quality and highest level of customer service
• Provide hands-on, expert-level proactive Security Operations Center (SOC) assessment and transformation services to clients and deliver findings to CxO and/or Board of Directors
• Work with the BDM and CSM to perform pipeline generation activities
• Lead scoping and services overview conversations with clients for prospective engagements in area of expertise, presenting with credibility and authority, clearly articulating various approaches and methodologies to audiences ranging from highly technical to executive personnel
• Partner with the Unit 42 executive team and service line leaders to develop and execute strategy for the Unit 42 proactive services practice
• Drive innovation in Unit 42’s proactive offerings, by leading and managing the consulting team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring new capabilities and services to market that leverage Palo Alto Networks products
• Manage the productivity of a team through attainment of utilisation targets
• Collaborate with peers and leaders across Unit 42 to drive operational and practice development goals
• Recruit and onboard world class talent to support our growth goals
• Support the professional growth and development of our consultants through training and technical enablement
• Foster and maintain a culture that attracts and retains smart, kind team members dedicated to executing with excellence
• Identify and execute strategies for service development, enablement, and product adoption
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clientele to increase awareness of Unit 42’s’ capabilities and provide on-demand expertise for client needs
• Amplify Unit 42s’ presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, articles, whitepapers, and media exposure

Your Experience

• 12+ years of hands-on experience delivering a wide range of cybersecurity consulting services, including at least 4 of the following 8 for global enterprise customers
  • Security operations (highly preferred for this position)
  • Application security (including AI)
  • Cloud security
  • Red & purple teaming
  • Cybersecurity risk assessments
  • Cybersecurity strategy & transformations
  • Cyber crisis management
  • Zero Trust
• Experience as a senior-level team leader including overseeing other principal, senior, and mid-level analyst/consultant teams
• Able to split your time across commercial support, client delivery, team leadership, individual mentoring, and technical expertise and skills maintenance activities
• Strong presentation, communication, and presentation skills with verifiable industry experience communicating at CxO and/or Board of Directors level
• Client services mindset and exceptional client management skills
• Public speaking experience, demonstrated writing ability, including technical reports, business communication, and thought leadership pieces
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent relevant experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations
• Professional industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, and other leading industry certifications in line with our services portfolio
• Expert level of knowledge of applicable laws, compliance regulations, and industry standards as it relates to privacy, security, and compliance
• You will have experience operating across Japan and the Asia Pacific

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.