Senior Consultant, DFIR (Unit 42)

Palo Alto Networks; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A cybersecurity firm in Germany is seeking a Principal Consultant to lead incident response engagements, mentor team members, and provide expert guidance on digital forensics. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of experience in incident response or digital forensics, strong leadership skills, and a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field. This full-time position offers opportunities for public speaking and client engagement, supporting a secure digital world.

Qualifikationen

• 6 years of incident response or digital forensics consulting experience.
• Strong leadership skills including experience managing a team.
• Experience with leading complicated engagements and interfacing with clients.

Aufgaben

• Lead incident response functions and perform host-based analysis.
• Investigate data breaches and provide guidance on remediation.
• Mentor team members in incident response and forensics best practices.

Kenntnisse

Incident response

Digital forensics

Leadership

Cyber security

Public speaking

Client engagement

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, or related field

Tools

EnCase

FTK

X-Ways

Splunk

WireShark

Jobbeschreibung

Your Career

This role is client-facing and requires the Principal Consultant to lead and produce deliverables based on reactive services client engagements.The Principal Consultant will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (Admins C-Suite etc) to manage incident response engagements and provide guidance on longer term remediation. Furthermore the Principal Consultant will act as a mentor and go-to person to build up and strengthen our DFIR Service. Speaking at a conference taking part in a Panel or representing Unit42 in any other ways are also part of the role.

Your Impact

• Perform and lead 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 of malicious activity
• Investigate data breaches leveraging forensics tools including Encase FTK X-Ways SIFT Splunk and custom Unit42 investigation tools to determine source of compromises and malicious activity that occurred in client environments
• Manage incident response engagements to scope work guide clients through forensic investigations contain security incidents and provide guidance on longer term remediation recommendations
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 20%)
• Mentorship of team members in incident response and forensics best practices

Qualifications : Your Experience

• 6 years of incident response or digital forensics consulting experience with a passion for cyber security
• Strong leadership skills including experience managing a team or individuals
• Experience with leading complicated engagements including scoping interfacing with the client and have executed on a technical front
• Proficient with host-based forensics and data breach response
• Experienced with EnCase FTK X-Ways SIFT Splunk Redline Volatility WireShark TCPDump and open source forensic tools
• Incident response consulting experience required
• 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.
• Bachelors Degree in Information Security Computer Science Digital Forensics Cyber Security or related field or equivalent military experience

Additional Information :

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Networks security advisory team.Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response risk management and digital forensic services to clients of all sizes. Our team is comprised of recognized experts and incident responders with deep technical expertise and experience in investigations data breach response digital forensics and information security. With a highly successful track record of delivering mission-critical cybersecurity solutions we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response attack readiness and remediation plans with a focus on providing long-term support to improve our clients security posture.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple : we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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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.

Remote Work : Yes

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Business Development,Computer Hardware,Communication,ABAP,Fpga,Analytics

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1