Principal Consultant, ICS and OT Security Unit 42 (Remote)

Company Description

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.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we 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

A Principal ICS/OT Consultant is responsible for leading ICS / OT focused assessments and remediation activities along with providing recommendations across a broad range of security domains. A Principal ICS/OT Consultant must be proficient with industrial networking and be able to either lead or support ICS vulnerability assessments and remediation efforts. The Principal ICS/OT Consultant will be able to drive large scale OT transformation consulting projects with the goal of improving the client’s overall ICS/OT security posture. They will be the client’s advocate for ICS/OT risk management and will provide strong recommendations in this domain.

Your Impact as a Principal ICS/OT Consultant:

• Performing analysis of the architecture and infrastructure of Industrial Control Systems and/or Operational Technology (ICS/OT) in terms of cybersecurity posture
• Designing and implementing cybersecurity solutions for Industrial Control Systems
• Supporting our leading ICS security projects within a Security Transformation program
• Developing ICS Control Frameworks, based on industry best practices as well as international and applicable national standards
• Implementing or improving ICS security management processes at the clients’ organization
• Manage team, monitor progress, track budget, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes while defining potential impacts and creating an effective mitigation strategy for multiple projects at a given time
• Skilled at proactively identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats via stakeholder interviews, documentation review, and deep-dive testing and ICS/OT control validation
• Ensure client controls meet legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards and security requirements
• Effectively write and communicate audit, assessment, or compliance results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
• Effectively and efficiently communicate to external stakeholders in a professional manner
•  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 ~30%)

Qualifications

• 6-9+ years of experience control systems security background with relevant previous experience in a technical or consulting environments
• Minimum 3 years of experience with OT/ICS systems and OT/ICS security industry practices along with exposure to IIoT technologies
• Working knowledge of one or more of the following industry frameworks: IEC 62443/ISA 99, ISO 27001, NIST SP 800-82, CPNI 
• Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
• Experience managing a team of consultants
• Experience with security assessments/audits, drafting findings and recommendations, and
• prioritizing recommendations via quantitative risk scoring
• Demonstrate a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
• Knowledge of computer forensic tools, technologies and methods
• Bachelor’s 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 Network's 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 investigati