Consulting Director, Cloud Security, Proactive Services (Unit 42) Remote

Your Career

The Consulting Director will help drive Proactive Consulting Services across the cloud security domain. This senior-level consultant will serve as a trusted advisor and key contributor to helping our customers strengthen cybersecurity resilience and advance their overall security maturity.

Your Impact

Serve as a key contributor to the development maturation and innovation of Unit 42s cloud security consulting services.

Lead and deliver complex cloud security assessments covering architecture configuration identity monitoring and threat detection across AWS Azure GCP and hybrid / multi-cloud environments.

Evaluate cloud network architectures including perimeter protections VPC / VNet segmentation API gateways ingress / egress controls and cloud-native security services.

Analyze cloud logging telemetry and monitoring coverage; identify gaps in detection and alerting; and provide actionable recommendations to improve visibility SIEM / XDR integration and threat-hunting effectiveness.

Assess cloud identity and access management (IAM) design including federation least privilege models role delegation conditional access privilege escalation paths and MFA enforcement across cloud providers.

Utilize cloud-native CLIs SDKs and APIs to perform deep technical validation of configurations controls and security posture.

Assess multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud deployments by reviewing interoperability dependencies and security impacts between cloud services and on-prem infrastructure.

Develop strategic cloud security roadmaps that align technical recommendations with a clients broader business objectives resource constraints and long-term security transformation initiatives.

Integrate Palo Alto Networks cloud platforms (Prisma Cloud Prisma SASE Cortex XSIAM and Precision AI) into consulting engagements to drive differentiated value and help customers enhance their security posture.

Engage with prospective clients in a pre-sales capacity to uncover cloud security pain points evaluate architectural weaknesses and position Unit 42 solutions to key outcomes.

Support delivery teams in overcoming technical objections and effectively tying cloud security recommendations to business risk operational impact and customer strategic goals.

Build and maintain long-term executive relationships serving as a trusted strategic advisor for cloud security and Zero Trust transformation initiatives.

Lead the development and delivery of cloud security enablement content to elevate consulting capabilities across Unit 42.

Partner with Palo Alto Networks product development teams to provide structured feedback on features customer patterns and cloud security trends that influence the roadmap and delivery experience.

Qualifications : Your Experience

4 years of experience performing cloud security advisement and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards

6 years of  professional services and consulting experience and 3 years of Director (or and equivalent Senior Manager) experience leading consulting delivery teams is highly preferred

Experience managing a diverse team of business and technical consultants

Cloud Security-related certifications preferred

Hands-on experience with a cloud hosting provider (AWS Azure GCP etc).

Deep experience within the cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP) technology or advisory / consulting space.

Strong fluency in the application of Virtual Machines SaaS IaaS PaaS FaaS and other public cloud technical infrastructure concepts.

Possess a deep technical knowledge in 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)

Knowledge of the technical nuances related to SD-WAN and SASE solutions and their application to Cloud Environment access solutions.

10 years in developing strengthening and expanding client relationships

Knowledge of how to integrate command-line interfaces or scripting tools as a part of a risk assessment or remediation in cloud environments is a plus.

Rich understanding of how Enterprises use and struggle using infrastructure as code and continuous integration tools such as Ansible Chef Jenkins Kubernetes Packer Pulumi Puppet Saltstack and Terraform or CSP tools such as CloudFormation Resource Manager or Deployment Manager.

Ability to scope new opportunities with prospective clients including drafting statements of work and proposals

Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 25%)

Bachelors Degree in Information Security Computer Science Digital Forensics Cyber Security OR equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations

Additional Information :

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Networks security advisory team.  Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response risk management and digital forensic services to clients of all sizes. Our team is composed of recognized experts and incident responders with deep technical expertise and experience in investigations data breach response digital forensics and information security. With a highly successful track record of delivering mission-critical cybersecurity solutions we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response attack readiness and remediation plans with a focus on providing long-term support to improve our clients security posture.

Compensation Disclosure

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 $183000 / YR - $252000 / YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple : we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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Remote Work : Yes

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Crisis Management,Splunk,Google Cloud Platform,Cybersecurity,Identity & Access Management,Management Experience,PCI,NIST Standards,Emergency Management,Security,Information Security,Encryption

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1