Principal Consultant, AI, Proactive Services (Unit 42) Remote
Offer summary
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or related field., 6-9+ years of experience in information security and risk assessments., Experience managing consulting teams and performing security audits., Knowledge of securing AI systems in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud..Key responsibilities:
- Lead security assessments of AI systems and tools using industry frameworks.
- Provide expert guidance on AI security, including adversarial defenses and privacy techniques.
- Collaborate with clients' technical and leadership teams to understand security requirements.
- Stay updated on AI threats and contribute to developing security solutions.
Job description
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.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities just to name a few!
Job DescriptionYour Career
The Principal Consultant, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Proactive Services is focused on leading engagements on our AI team across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will assess security risk in the development and use of AI models and tools across multiple frameworks and act as a technical key team member in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity risk management and provide expert recommendations to enhance their AI security posture.
Your Impact
Conduct comprehensive security assessments of AI systems and tools using frameworks such as:
MITRE ATLAS for adversarial tactics and techniques.
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs to identify vulnerabilities in AIML models.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) for risk analysis and mitigation.
Develop and execute assessment plans tailored to foundational models, base models, and SaaSbased AI tools.
Analyze model architectures, training data pipelines, and deployment environments to identify potential security gaps and vulnerabilities.
Provide expert guidance on securing AI systems, including:
Adversarial ML defenses.
Data poisoning prevention.
Privacypreserving AI techniques (e.g., differential privacy).
Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, or emerging AIspecific regulations).
Collaborate with the client’s crossfunctional teams, conducting stakeholder interviews, interactive workshops, and meetings with technical teams (data scientists, developers, DevOps engineers) and leadership teams to ensure a thorough understanding of system architecture, security requirements, and business objectives for the assessment.
Stay uptodate on the evolving threat landscape in AI and contribute to the development of innovative security solutions.Assisting Unit 42 Consulting Leadership in the development of Risk Management, Compliance, and Security standards within professional services
Maintaining industry knowledge of and experience with cybersecurity best practices within theGovernance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) field to provide recommendations to proactively improve our client’s security posture and maturity
Maintaining an understanding of the comprehensive threat intelligence landscape, key threat actors, MITRE ATT&CK TTPs, threat intelligence platforms, zeroday and other vulnerabilities, and other threatled cybersecurity intelligence information
Maintaining an understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and security best practices as well as threat to foundational, base, and other AI models and tools
Leading or supporting cybersecurity risk assessments, audits, program and policy maturation and development, incident response tabletop exercises, configuration reviews, breach readiness reviews, and expert witness cases in accordance with industry best practices, regulations, standards, and company policies and procedures
Maintaining the ability to work across multiple frameworks and regulatory standards including, but not limited to, NIST, CIS 18, ISO, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, and HIPAA
Managing the team, monitoring progress, tracking budget, mitigating risks, and ensuring 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
Identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats via stakeholder interviews, documentation review, and deepdive testing and control validation
Evaluating client controls for compliance with legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards and security requirements
Effectively documenting and communicating audit, assessment, or compliance results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
Effectively communicating with external stakeholders in a professional manner
Scoping new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
Meeting travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average ~30%)
QualificationsYour Experience
- 69+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industryaccepted standards.
Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
Experience managing a team of consultants
Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation
Experience with security assessmentsaudits, drafting findings and recommendations, and prioritizing recommendations via quantitative risk scoring
Experience with securing AI systems within cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Experience with the lifecycle management of AIML models, including development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly in conveying complex technical information to nontechnical stakeholders.
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 InformationThe 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 salescommissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 $208000YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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.
Who We Are
We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.
As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities just to name a few!
Job DescriptionYour Career
The Principal Consultant, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Proactive Services is focused on leading engagements on our AI team across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will assess security risk in the development and use of AI models and tools across multiple frameworks and act as a technical key team member in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity risk management and provide expert recommendations to enhance their AI security posture.
Your Impact
Conduct comprehensive security assessments of AI systems and tools using frameworks such as:
MITRE ATLAS for adversarial tactics and techniques.
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs to identify vulnerabilities in AIML models.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) for risk analysis and mitigation.
Develop and execute assessment plans tailored to foundational models, base models, and SaaSbased AI tools.
Analyze model architectures, training data pipelines, and deployment environments to identify potential security gaps and vulnerabilities.
Provide expert guidance on securing AI systems, including:
Adversarial ML defenses.
Data poisoning prevention.
Privacypreserving AI techniques (e.g., differential privacy).
Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, or emerging AIspecific regulations).
Collaborate with the client’s crossfunctional teams, conducting stakeholder interviews, interactive workshops, and meetings with technical teams (data scientists, developers, DevOps engineers) and leadership teams to ensure a thorough understanding of system architecture, security requirements, and business objectives for the assessment.
Stay uptodate on the evolving threat landscape in AI and contribute to the development of innovative security solutions.Assisting Unit 42 Consulting Leadership in the development of Risk Management, Compliance, and Security standards within professional services
Maintaining industry knowledge of and experience with cybersecurity best practices within theGovernance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) field to provide recommendations to proactively improve our client’s security posture and maturity
Maintaining an understanding of the comprehensive threat intelligence landscape, key threat actors, MITRE ATT&CK TTPs, threat intelligence platforms, zeroday and other vulnerabilities, and other threatled cybersecurity intelligence information
Maintaining an understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and security best practices as well as threat to foundational, base, and other AI models and tools
Leading or supporting cybersecurity risk assessments, audits, program and policy maturation and development, incident response tabletop exercises, configuration reviews, breach readiness reviews, and expert witness cases in accordance with industry best practices, regulations, standards, and company policies and procedures
Maintaining the ability to work across multiple frameworks and regulatory standards including, but not limited to, NIST, CIS 18, ISO, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, and HIPAA
Managing the team, monitoring progress, tracking budget, mitigating risks, and ensuring 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
Identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats via stakeholder interviews, documentation review, and deepdive testing and control validation
Evaluating client controls for compliance with legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards and security requirements
Effectively documenting and communicating audit, assessment, or compliance results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
Effectively communicating with external stakeholders in a professional manner
Scoping new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
Meeting travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average ~30%)
QualificationsYour Experience
- 69+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industryaccepted standards.
Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
Experience managing a team of consultants
Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation
Experience with security assessmentsaudits, drafting findings and recommendations, and prioritizing recommendations via quantitative risk scoring
Experience with securing AI systems within cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Experience with the lifecycle management of AIML models, including development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly in conveying complex technical information to nontechnical stakeholders.
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 InformationThe 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 salescommissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 $208000YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
Your Career
The Principal Consultant, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Proactive Services is focused on leading engagements on our AI team across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will assess security risk in the development and use of AI models and tools across multiple frameworks and act as a technical key team member in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity risk management and provide expert recommendations to enhance their AI security posture.
Your Impact
Conduct comprehensive security assessments of AI systems and tools using frameworks such as:
MITRE ATLAS for adversarial tactics and techniques.
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs to identify vulnerabilities in AIML models.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) for risk analysis and mitigation.
Develop and execute assessment plans tailored to foundational models, base models, and SaaSbased AI tools.
Analyze model architectures, training data pipelines, and deployment environments to identify potential security gaps and vulnerabilities.
Provide expert guidance on securing AI systems, including:
Adversarial ML defenses.
Data poisoning prevention.
Privacypreserving AI techniques (e.g., differential privacy).
Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, or emerging AIspecific regulations).
Collaborate with the client’s crossfunctional teams, conducting stakeholder interviews, interactive workshops, and meetings with technical teams (data scientists, developers, DevOps engineers) and leadership teams to ensure a thorough understanding of system architecture, security requirements, and business objectives for the assessment.
Stay uptodate on the evolving threat landscape in AI and contribute to the development of innovative security solutions.Assisting Unit 42 Consulting Leadership in the development of Risk Management, Compliance, and Security standards within professional services
Maintaining industry knowledge of and experience with cybersecurity best practices within theGovernance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) field to provide recommendations to proactively improve our client’s security posture and maturity
Maintaining an understanding of the comprehensive threat intelligence landscape, key threat actors, MITRE ATT&CK TTPs, threat intelligence platforms, zeroday and other vulnerabilities, and other threatled cybersecurity intelligence information
Maintaining an understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and security best practices as well as threat to foundational, base, and other AI models and tools
Leading or supporting cybersecurity risk assessments, audits, program and policy maturation and development, incident response tabletop exercises, configuration reviews, breach readiness reviews, and expert witness cases in accordance with industry best practices, regulations, standards, and company policies and procedures
Maintaining the ability to work across multiple frameworks and regulatory standards including, but not limited to, NIST, CIS 18, ISO, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, and HIPAA
Managing the team, monitoring progress, tracking budget, mitigating risks, and ensuring 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
Identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats via stakeholder interviews, documentation review, and deepdive testing and control validation
Evaluating client controls for compliance with legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards and security requirements
Effectively documenting and communicating audit, assessment, or compliance results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
Effectively communicating with external stakeholders in a professional manner
Scoping new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
Meeting travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average ~30%)
- 69+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industryaccepted standards.
Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
Experience managing a team of consultants
Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation
Experience with security assessmentsaudits, drafting findings and recommendations, and prioritizing recommendations via quantitative risk scoring
Experience with securing AI systems within cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Experience with the lifecycle management of AIML models, including development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly in conveying complex technical information to nontechnical stakeholders.
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 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 salescommissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 $208000YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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