Managed Detection & Response

Palo Alto Networks

Managed Detection & Response

Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Why Palo Alto Networks
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Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before.

About the role

Your Career We are seeking a driven problem solver to join our Security Analysts team. Our team is responsible for customers internal security monitoring, threat hunting and incident response. As an MDR Analyst, we will rely on you to detect and respond to cyber incidents facing customers' internal business. The ideal candidate is a quick learner and good communicator who will be able to follow established processes for analyzing threat alerts that fire from our Cortex XSOAR. The candidate should be a creative thinker who takes pride in solving tough problems.

Your Impact

• Join a new emerging team who is going to be part of Palo Alto's Unit42, Working closely with global customers providing the best security in the market
• Own an incident lifecycle from outbreak to full remediation
• Provide critical feedback to the different product, research and engineering and threat hunting teams to help improve the products for the entire Palo Alto Networks' customer base
• Work closely with Security Research, Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting teams to remediate and detect new emerging threats
• While this position is not in shifts, occasional weekend on-call duty may apply

Your Experience

• 3+ years experience with multi tiered SOC/IR is a must
• Experienced with technologies such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, NGFW Deep understanding of attack trends and threat detection services
• Familiarity with security best practices and common emerging security threats
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Some degree of Python programming - An advantage Some degree of Malware Analysis - An advantage or equivalent military experience required
• Hands-On experience with Cortex XSOAR or Cortex XDR - An advantage

The Team Unit 42 is the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. We believe threat intelligence should be shared and available to all within the industry. We deliver high-quality, in-depth research on adversaries, malware families, and attack campaigns. Our analysts uncover and document adversary behaviors and then share playbooks that give insight into the various tools, techniques, and procedures threat actors execute to compromise organizations.

If you’re looking for a career with access to the brightest minds in cybersecurity, you’ve found it. We have a hunger for researching, hunting out the world’s newest threats and sharing them with our industry to make the digital world a safer place.

You will be part of a growing, passionate, and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects — centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world. We also strive to be the most people-centric company ever! That means we’re constantly working to make your experience amazing, and you are part of the team breaking boundaries of what the workplace can be! Our Commitment

What you'll be responsible for

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  Insights Presentation

  Organize and present data to effectively communicate findings

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  Data Governance

  Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of data governance solutions

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  Data Analysis and Reporting

  Analyze data to discover and communicate insights, and offer concrete recommendations for key stakeholders to make critical decisions

Skills you'll need

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  Learning agility

  Identifies and applies strategies to enhance reception, retention and use of newly acquired information, skills, and abilities

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  Numerical problem solving

  Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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  Attention to detail

  Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables