Principal Threat Intelligence Researcher - RFI Support

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.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a Threat Intelligence Researcher for our Unit 42 Intelligence Response Unit. This team plays a critical role in providing timely, actionable threat intelligence and response capabilities to help protect our customers.

Your Impact

As a Threat Intelligence Researcher in the Intel Response Unit, your primary responsibilities will include:

• Request for Information (RFI) Support: Contribute to and help advance an Intelligence RFI process supporting executives, customers, and other Palo Alto Networks team members - Harness the full weight of the company's unique data holdings, along with external information,  to enhance the effectiveness and differentiation of our threat intelligence responses - Provide responses in a variety of formats from executive talking points to in depth intelligence reports - Help improve processes, including developing approaches for increasing the speed and impact of responses - This may include supporting high profile requests outside of normal business hours 
• Participating in Rapid Response Efforts - Support the Intelligence Response Unit’s mission as the threat intelligence point organization for major cyber events, such as Log4j, SolarWinds, and other emerging threats across all of Palo Alto Networks - Lead or assist with rapid response efforts including timely coordination across teams, executive communications, and development of relevant threat briefings
• Contributing to External Engagement - Develop engaging and informative content, including customer briefings, threat reports, and updates on major cyber events - Share insights and expertise internally, with customers, and at security conferences
• Cross-Organizational Collaboration - Collaborate with threat analysts, consultants, and engineers from various teams and departments within the organization - Foster strong relationships and support joint efforts to address complex threats that span multiple areas of expertise - Mentor others in their technical growth

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Strong knowledge of cyber security threat actors, particularly their tactics, techniques, procedures, tooling, and noteworthy attacks
• Experience leveraging open source data sets, multiple telemetry sources, and other intelligence information to quickly respond to requests for information
• Experience integrating cyber threat intelligence into front line response, including demonstrated ability to coordinate with cross-organizational threat analysts, facilitating collaboration, and aligning efforts to achieve common goals
• Strong writing and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex threat intelligence information to diverse audiences - Experience engaging C-suite level customers
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and triage competing demands
• Proven record as a problem solver in complex and often ambiguous situations
• Experience and interest in mentoring other team members
• Comfortable adapting to changes as part of a growing team

Additional Information

The Team

Unit 42 brings together our world-renowned threat researchers with an elite team of security consultants to create an intelligence-driven, response ready organization. The Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team provide