Principal Consultant, Threat Intelligence Advisory (Unit 42)

Palo Alto Networks; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Consultant, Threat Intelligence Advisory (Unit 42) in Dubai, UAE. This senior consulting role focuses on threat intelligence insights, risk management engagements, and improving clients' threat intelligence capabilities.

You will lead engagements, coordinate with enterprise clients, and leverage internal datasets and OSINT. The role requires strong communication, travel up to 30%, and a hands-on, self-starter approach in a global, remote-friendly team.

Qualifications

• Excellent English written and verbal communications skills, with a proven ability to tailor messaging for audiences ranging from highly technical analysts to executive leadership.
• Proven ability to directly improve CTI processes and procedures of large enterprises, whether in house or as a consultant.
• Deep understanding of cybercriminal and state‑sponsored groups, their TTPs and high level mitigations.
• Understanding and practical application of intelligence tradecraft, adhering to Analytic Standards (ICD 203) in the production of finished intelligence.
• Strong familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with business and security stakeholders, understand their requirements and their key decision‑making processes.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Advisory team to develop and deliver threat‑informed services to international clients.
• Lead Threat Intelligence Advisory engagements such as: threat assessments, threat intelligence maturity assessments, threat intelligence capability building, threat‑led offensive security testing.
• Provide intelligence input for risk management consulting engagements (e.g. SOC Assessments, Cloud Assessment, AI Security Assessments).
• Leverage internal Unit 42 datasets and finished intelligence, as well as OSINT, to identify relevant threats to organisations across sectors and geographies.
• Work with security teams at clients (i.e. TI, CISO, SOC, threat hunting, red team) to help them operationalise threat intelligence into measurable outcomes.
• Amplify Unit 42s’ presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, and blog articles on threat intelligence topics.
• Leverage in‑house AI platforms to optimise and streamline existing methods and processes.

Skills

Excellent English

CTI process improvement

Threat intel knowledge

MITRE ATT&CK

Stakeholder engagement

Travel up to 30%

Job description

Job description

Principal Consultant, Threat Intelligence Advisory (Unit 42) – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Sales – Ref ID: JR-023908

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting‑edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

The Principal Consultant, Threat Intelligence Advisory is a senior‑level consulting position within Unit 42 Proactive Services team. The individual will work alongside the Consulting Director of Threat Intelligence Advisory EMEA in providing threat intelligence insights to clients via threat assessments, in support of cyber risk management engagements (i.e. threat landscape assessments, intel‑led red teaming, table top exercises, SOC assessments) and advising enterprise clients on how to improve their threat intelligence capabilities.

The Principal Consultant should have a hands‑on mentality, ability to work on complex engagements independently, and flexibility to be involved in various work streams depending on their skills and business needs. You will be a clear self‑starter who understands how to complete high‑level tasking and uses your knowledge and skills to meet goals and deadlines. While the individual will be given time to pursue their research interests and to work alongside Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team, for the majority of their time they will be involved in client engagements.

What you will do

• Work within the Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Advisory team to develop and deliver threat‑informed services to international clients.
• Lead Threat Intelligence Advisory engagements such as: threat assessments, threat intelligence maturity assessments, threat intelligence capability building, threat‑led offensive security testing.
• Provide intelligence input for risk management consulting engagements (e.g. SOC Assessments, Cloud Assessment, AI Security Assessments).
• Leverage internal Unit 42 datasets and finished intelligence, as well as OSINT, to identify relevant threats to organisations across sectors and geographies.
• Work with security teams at clients (i.e. TI, CISO, SOC, threat hunting, red team) to help them operationalise threat intelligence into measurable outcomes.
• Amplify Unit 42s’ presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership, including via speaking engagements, and blog articles on threat intelligence topics.
• Leverage in‑house AI platforms to optimise and streamline existing methods and processes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Excellent English written and verbal communications skills, with a proven ability to tailor messaging for audiences ranging from highly technical analysts to executive leadership
• Demonstrable experience in directly improving CTI processes and procedures of large enterprises, whether in house or as a consultant.
• Deep understanding of cybercriminal and state‑sponsored groups, their TTPs and high level mitigations.
• Understanding and practical application of intelligence tradecraft, adhering to Analytic Standards (ICD 203) in the production of finished intelligence.
• Strong familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with business and security stakeholders, understand their requirements and their key decision‑making processes.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in intelligence led‑red team exercises like CBEST, TIBER, iCAST, Corie.
• Knowledge of threat actors hunting tools and techniques.
• Experience in incident response, digital forensic, or security operations.
• Experience in risk management consulting advising clients on appropriate security controls.
• Additional language skills to interface with regional clients (i.e. Arabic, Spanish).
• Experience with, or demonstrable curiosity about, AI agentic workflows in threat intelligence
• Cybersecurity industry certifications such as CRTIA, CCTIM, GCTI are a plus but not essential.
• A demonstrable public track record of authoring threat intelligence reports and delivering presentations at cyber security conferences.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [e-mail].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

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

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes