MDR Manager, Unit 42

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Your Career 

We are seeking a driven problem solver to join our Unit 42 MDR team. 

Our team is responsible for customers internal security monitoring, threat hunting and incident response. As a MDR Manager, we will rely on you to manage a team of experts who detect and respond to cyber incidents facing customers’ internal business. 

As a team manager, you will join a team of managers who overlook the Unit 42 MDR team to ensure premium delivery to our customers and also have a critical role in how the team works, but also be able to create new processes, methodologies and capabilities that the team requires. 

Your Impact 

• Hire for and lead a team of MDR Analysts working globally, guide the team, create and improve processes, methodologies and capabilities that the team requires to work effectively 
• Lead a team that analyzes incidents from real customer environments to identify ongoing threats to customer environments
• 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 

Your Experience 

• At least 3 years of team management experience, global management experience (world-wide team) is a plus
• Great interpersonal skills and a proven experience collaborating with customers 
• Understanding of the threat landscape in terms of the tools, tactics, and techniques of attacks, as well as networking and security fundamentals 
• Basic hands-on coding skills (e.g. Python) 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English 
• Experience investigating targeted, sophisticated or hidden threats 
• Background in forensic analysis and incident and response tools to identify a threat and determine the extent and scope of a compromise 
• Experience with investigative technologies such as SIEM, packet capture analysis, host forensics, and Endpoint Detection and Response tools 
• Understanding of how APTs operate and the attack cycle – different attack vectors, propagation and data exfiltration, lateral movement, persistence mechanism, etc. 
• Understanding of how organizations protect themselves from cyber-attacks, what tools are used and what remediation techniques are leveraged 

Advantages 

• Having worked in SOC analysis or an investigation environment 
• Having worked in Incident Response environment

The Team 

The team you’ll lead helps protect customers by identifying the most sophisticated & stealthy attacks in their environment. The team does so by leveraging the Cortex product suite as well as unique tools, methodologies and techniques. 

Cortex provides enterprise-scale detection and response that runs on integrated endpoint, network and cloud data — reduce the noise and focus on real threats. This team works closely with the different product teams and helps improve each and every product by providing first-hand insights into how the product is used and how it can perform even better. 

Our Commitment 

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t 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 [email protected].

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?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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