Senior Threat Intelligence Advisory Consultant – Remote

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

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.