Consultant, DFIR, Reactive Services

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.

As a client‑facing Consultant in our reactive services team, you will be a critical first responder for our customers. You will lead and manage incident response engagements from start to finish, working directly with diverse stakeholders, including C‑suite executives, to guide them through complex cybersecurity incidents and deliver actionable solutions based on your findings.

• Lead reactive incident response engagements, guiding clients through digital forensics investigations and security incident containment.
• Perform host‑based forensic analysis across Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
• Investigate data breaches using advanced forensics tools (e.g., EnCase, FTK, Splunk) to determine the source and scope of malicious activity.
• Examine firewall, web, database, and other log sources to identify evidence and artifacts of compromise.
• Proactively collaborate with clients and internal teams, providing expert guidance on tactical remediation recommendations to improve their security posture.
• Produce and present high‑quality deliverables for client engagements, communicating complex findings to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Travel as needed (approximately 30%) to support client‑facing engagement demands.

• 2+ years of incident response or digital forensics experience with a passion for cybersecurity.
• Proficient with host‑based forensics and data breach response.
• Experienced with EnCase, FTK, X‑Ways, SIFT, Splunk, Volatility, Wireshark, TCPDump, and open‑source forensic tools.
• Ability to grow into a valuable contributor to practice and have an external presence via public speaking, conferences, and/or publications.
• Credibility, executive presence, and gravitas; able to make a meaningful and rapid delivery contribution.
• Potential and capacity to understand all aspects of the business and an excellent understanding of PANW products.
• Collaborative and build relationships internally, externally, and across all PANW functions, including the sales team.
• Incident Response Consulting is highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience required.

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 the annual range listed below. 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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