Job Description

*this role is remote on the East Region 
Your Career

The Managing Director Digital Forensics & Incident Response is responsible for leading Unit 42s DFIR incident response with our largest clients and in our most complex engagements. They will become the goto expert for clients during highpriority incident response remediation and recovery phases providing both strategic guidance and technical oversight while also focusing on product integration. The role requires indepth cybersecurity expertise to enable serving as an incident commander throughout the incident response lifecycle.  They will be our clients trusted partner for highstakes incident response remediation and recovery as well as provide strategic and technical leadership and focus on product pull through.  

While actively involved in incident response service delivery this person also works with peers and the executive team to enhance Unit 42s incident response practice including developing and improving the technical and operating methodologies employed during incident response engagements. 

Your Impact

• Lead the delivery of highprofile highstakes incident response engagements
• Provide handson expertlevel digital forensics and incident response services to clients and deliver findings to CxO and/or Board of Directors
• Partner with the Unit 42 executive team and service line leaders to develop and execute strategy for the Unit 42 Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) practice
• Drive innovation in Unit 42s reactive offerings by leading the consulting team and collaborating with crossfunctional teams to bring new capabilities and services to market that leverage Palo Alto Networks products
• Advance the maturation of our existing DFIR services
• Ensure the consistency and quality of our services and highest level of customer service
• Integrate threat intelligence into our services by deepening the feedback loop with Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team and telemetry
• Recruit and onboard world class DFIR talent to support our growth goals
• Support the professional growth and development of our consultants through training and technical enablement
• Foster and maintain a culture that attracts and retains smart kind team members dedicated to executing with excellence
• Identify and execute strategies for service development enablement and process that result in the pull through of Palo Alto Networks products
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clientele to increase awareness of Unit 42s capabilities and provide ondemand expertise for client needs
• Amplify Unit 42s presence and credibility in the marketplace through thought leadership including via speaking engagements articles whitepapers and media exposure

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• Demonstrated prior experience and success in leading a global scale incident response engagements
• Experience in managing leading and motivating consultants at all levels
• Experience as a seniorlevel team leader including overseeing other director senior and midlevel analyst/consultant teams
• Ability to travel as needed to meet business demands
• Strong presentation communication and presentation skills with verifiable industry experience communicating at CxO and/or Board of Directors level
• Expert level of knowledge of applicable laws compliance regulations and industry standards as it relates to privacy security and compliance 
• Technical proficiency in a wide range of cybersecurity services including digital forensics incident response postincident remediation and threat eradication among others
• Client services mindset and topnotch client management skills
• Experiencedbased understanding of clients needs and desired outcomes in digital forensics and incident response investigations
• Public speaking experience demonstrated writing ability including technical reports business communication and thought leadership pieces
• Operates with a handson approach to service delivery with a bias towards collaboration and teamwork
• Must be resultsdriven and strategic
• Cybersecurity industry certifications such as CISSP and/or CISM are a plus
• Bachelors Degree  an advanced degree such as MS MBA or Juris Doctorate (JD) is a plus or equivalent military experience required

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 missioncritical cybersecurity solutions we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response attack readiness and remediation plans with a focus on providing longterm 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 nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $248000 $290000/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.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at   .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship: Yes

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

Job Tags

Full time, Remote job,

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