Full-Time

Senior Consultant

Proactive Services, Unit

Posted on 9/16/2025

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks

10,001+ employees

Firewall and cloud security provider

No salary listed

London, UK

Remote

London, United Kingdom (remote role)

Category
IT & Security (1)
Requirements
  • SOC Advisory: 4+ 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
  • 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: 4+ 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)
  • Sound knowledge of applicable frameworks & standards, including OWASP, MITRE ATT@CK & D3FEND, CIS, NIST CSF, CSA CCM & ISO 27107
  • Relevant industry certifications including CSCP
  • 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
  • FAIR Open certified & experience in applying FAIR for cyber risk quantification
  • Relevant industry certifications including CISSP, CISM, CISA
  • 4+ years of experience performing cyber security consulting in at least two of the three domains above, with SME experience in one of the domains
  • 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 credibility, 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
Responsibilities
  • 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
Desired Qualifications
  • 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
  • Knowledge of command-line interfaces or scripting tools in cloud environments is a plus
  • Cloud Security skills (desired): Secure software development practices, including SecDevOps
  • Cyber Risk Management skills (desired) : Experience in threat modelling & application security risk assessments, secure software development practices, including SecDevOps

Palo Alto Networks provides hardware, software, and subscription-based security solutions to protect organizations from cyber threats. Its products include network firewalls (Strata), cloud security (Prisma Cloud), and AI-powered security operations (Cortex), which work together to secure on-premises and cloud environments, manage identity and access, and detect threats. The company differentiates itself by offering an integrated, end-to-end security stack that combines hardware, software licenses, and ongoing services across enterprises, SMBs, and government clients. Its goal is to deliver comprehensive protection for networks, data, and applications as organizations move between data centers and cloud environments.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Next-Generation Security ARR hits $6.30 billion, up 33% year-over-year in Q2 FY2026.
  • CyberArk $25B acquisition boosts identity security, driving 17% profit margin.
  • Armadin partnership adds AI agentic attack validation to Unit 42 defenses.

What critics are saying

  • Zscaler erodes Prisma dominance with faster cloud security revenue growth.
  • CyberArk integration fails, causing customer churn in 6-12 months.
  • 94x earnings valuation triggers 30% stock drop if growth misses in 3-6 months.

What makes Palo Alto Networks unique

  • Strata platform unifies network, cloud, and endpoint security across environments.
  • Idira secures human, machine, and AI identities with zero standing privileges.
  • Cortex leverages AI for automated threat detection and response operations.

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Wellness

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Financial: Traditional & Roth 401(k) options

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Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

-6%

2 year growth

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