Sr Staff 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 Information Security team is looking for a Sr. Staff Security Engineer to join the Global Security Operations team and be responsible for detecting and responding to potential threats from within Palo Alto Networks. The scope of the Security Operations team spans both the Enterprise and Product environments. To this end we are looking for a highly motivated Security Engineer to build and improve internal tools in order to detect malicious activities related to insider threats. 

The Security Engineer will analyze and monitor internal tools, hunt for insider threats against company data and infrastructure and perform complex internal investigations. As part of the role, this individual will collaborate with our SOC engineering team to build and automate complex detection solutions and partner with Human Resources and Legal teams to perform internal employee investigations.

You will join a team of analysts and engineers who protect the enterprise that aims to protect the world from cyberattacks. In this role, you will quickly become an expert in Palo Alto Networks security products; primarily Cortex XSIAM, Next Generation Firewalls and SaaS Security.  You will also provide feedback to the engineering teams to continually improve our world leading security products.

Continuous learning is also key to our Security Operations team’s philosophy.  We offer many channels for learning to ensure our teammates are up to speed with the latest TTPs.

Your Impact 

• Monitor and analyze data to identify insider threats

• Detect, analyze, and mitigate potential insider threats by correlating data from various sources.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance insider threat indicators and use case scenarios.

• Conduct investigations into suspicious activities and partner with legal and HR departments.

• Identify and oversee the implementation of data loss prevention controls.

• Collaborate with SOC Automation team to automate tedious, boring activities

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in insider threat analysis, Security Operations, or a related domain.

• Familiarity with the principles of network and endpoint security, current threat and attack trends, and have a working knowledge of security principles such as defense in depth

• Familiarity with performing security Incident Response activities in complex organizations

• Hands-on working knowledge of Insider Threat, SIEM, DLP and UEBA technologies

• Ability to prioritize risks to the business in real-time

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail

• Strong communication skills, both spoken and written

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