Principal Offensive Security Engineer

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career 

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Offensive Security Engineer to contribute to the Attacker Disruption service within the Information Security team at Palo Alto Networks. You will play a pivotal role in providing strategic direction and designing innovative security solutions to disrupt cyber threats targeting Palo Alto Networks. Being embedded into the internal Security Operations Center (SOC), this position provides a unique opportunity to influence all technical and non-technical information security controls within Palo Alto Networks. This insight allows you to identify and address the most impactful challenges, contributing to the continuous improvement of our security posture company-wide.

While part of the Security Operations Team, it's important to note that this role is not responsible for handling day-to-day alerts, and will not be part of the on-call rotation. This role is not part of the primary Offensive Security team that performs regularly scheduled penetration testing and red team operations.

Your Impact

• Provide strategic direction and leadership in the design of advanced security solutions to disrupt sophisticated cyber threats against Palo Alto Networks.

• Act as a subject matter expert in all technical Information Security initiatives, especially those originating from the SOC, such as threat hunting, detection engineering, and purple teaming.

• Envision, architect, and design groundbreaking security projects. As the driving force behind these initiatives, you will not only build robust solutions but also actively create an environment that fosters innovation and ensures the successful completion of each project, contributing to the continuous evolution of Palo Alto Networks' cybersecurity capabilities.

• Provide guidance and expertise to cross-functional teams, including senior architects and principal engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and skill development in order to assess security risks and develop strategies to effectively disrupt attackers.

• Stay informed about the latest security trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies to ensure proactive defense measures and share insights company-wide.

• Employ creative techniques to discover vulnerabilities, and implement innovative security solutions that challenge attacker assumptions, dramatically increasing their cost to attack.

• Work closely with product development teams to integrate security features into our products, ensuring security is embedded in the entire development lifecycle.

• Participate in incident response activities and contribute to the continuous improvement of our security posture across the company.

• Forge and maintain alliances in and out of InfoSec.

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Minimum 7+ years of impactful, technically demanding InfoSec work, including 3+ years as the lead for complex, full-scope red team assessments.

• Proven record of identifying unique gaps and designing and implementing projects that address them in an automated, easy-to-maintain fashion.

• Broad and deep technical knowledge typically associated with the “A-Team” of a fast-paced, boutique security consultancy.

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail.

• Resilience necessary to uncover true root causes, regardless of the nature and depth of associated rabbit holes.

• Strong communication skills, both spoken and written.

• Exceptional proactivity in order to discover where your skills are needed.

• Courage to insert yourself into any project and convince people to do the right thing, regardless of their level in the company.

Education

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or equivalent training, education, and experience in information / cyber security, computer systems, IT, etc.

Additional Information

The Team

Serious mission, fun culture; We’re not your ordinary Information Security team.  We’re a diverse group of security professionals that embraces challenging the status quo in order to protect Palo Alto Networks and our customers.  They say it’s the people you work with that make you want to go to work and it’s true here; we love our work. 

Think about it:  Driving innovation on the Information Security team of the fastest-growing high-tech cybersecurity company is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined by the brightest minds in technology, and our global teams are on the front line of defense against cyberattacks. 

We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill every time we beat the bad guys.

We hope to meet you soon!

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together. To learn more about our culture and dedication to inclusion and innovation, visit our careers page.

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.

Additionally, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Learn more about the amazing work experience at Palo Alto Networks here! 

“The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $195,800/yr to $316,800/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.”

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