Senior Cortex XSIAM Solutions Consultant (Remote)

Palo Alto Networks; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 175,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Professional Services Consultant for Cortex XSIAM to lead end-to-end SOC modernization across SIEM and SOAR. You will guide enterprise customers through log migration, threat detection design, and automation with Python, delivering scalable, automated security operations solutions.

The role requires deep SIEM expertise, experience with Cortex, and strong communication to define automation roadmaps and technical design documents.

Qualifications

• 6+ years deploying, integrating, and managing enterprise SIEM solutions.
• 4+ years in SOC tooling, incident response lifecycles, and security analysis across cloud, endpoint, and network layers.
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs, JSON, and security integrations; strong Python for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design onboarding, ingestion, and parsing strategies for Cortex XSIAM.
• Build and tune detection rules across endpoints, networks, and cloud.
• Monitor log sources, ingestion rates, and detection logic for efficiency.
• Automate SOC workflows using XSIAM playbooks and tooling.

Skills

SIEM deployment

SOC tooling

Python scripting

Regex parsing

RESTful APIs

Technical documentation

Analytical mindset

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PCNSE

PCDRA

XSOAR/XSIAM certifications

CISSP/GIAC

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is hiring a Professional Services Consultant for Cortex XSIAM to lead end-to-end SOC modernization across SIEM and SOAR. You will guide enterprise customers through log migration, threat detection design, and automation with Python, delivering scalable, automated security operations solutions.

The role requires deep SIEM expertise, experience with Cortex, and strong communication to define automation roadmaps and technical design documents.