Principal Consultant, SOC Advisory, Proactive Services; Unit - Remote

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.

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.

This role is client‑facing and requires the Principal Consultant to lead and produce deliverables based on cyber risk management (CRM) client engagements. The Principal Consultant will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders (Admins, C‑Suite, etc) to drive the security priorities of the security operations management, security operations center (SOC) staff, and Information Security team.

• Principal Consultants will help drive Proactive Consulting Services with SOC assessments. The individual will be the trusted advisor to grow partnerships and assist customers to get and stay healthy from a cyber security perspective.
• Lead security audits of client’s security operations program, to include security organization and functions, processes, and technology.
• Analyze the current level of monitoring and alerting within the enterprise and provide a gap analysis on visibility of assets, log coverage, and detection effectiveness.
• Conduct general cyber risk assessments using framework or standards like MITRE ATT&CK, NIST 800-61r2, NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, PCI, CIS Top 2, CMMD, or other industry measurement tools.
• Utilize command‑line interfaces or graphical user interfaces (GUI) of security tools to conduct technical and control set validation.
• Assess client security architecture, implementations and integration of security monitoring and endpoint/network and cloud protection tooling to understand the technical implementations of security controls.
• Assess SOC effectiveness of Vulnerability Management and threat exposure mitigation.
• Advise and develop SOC initiative roadmaps and recommendations for clients to further secure their environments.
• Scope new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or related degree, OR equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations.
• 6–9+ years of experience performing information security advisement and risk assessments based upon industry‑accepted standards.
• 3+ years of consulting experience in SOC, security engineering, SIEM administration, or incident management serving large, multinational organizations.
• Deep technical knowledge of SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR tools, Next‑Gen Firewalls, Vulnerability Management solutions and Threat Intelligence and Hunting Platforms.
• Experience serving as a security advisor and managing relationships with client stakeholders.
• Ability to scope new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals.
• Experience managing a team of consultants and large engagements.
• Ability to travel as needed to meet business demands, averaging approximately 30%.

• Hands‑on experience with SIEM engineering, management, or advanced security analytics.
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