Staff SOC Security Engineer
Job Description
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks Information Security team is looking for a SOC Security Engineer to join the Global Security Operations team and support threat detection and incident response in our internal environments.
The scope of the Security Operations team spans both the Enterprise and Product environments.
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 XDR, XSIAM, Next Generation Firewalls and Prisma Cloud.
You will also provide feedback to the engineering teams to continually improve our world leading security products.
Many SOCs are drowning in false positive alerts, but Palo Alto Networks SOC changed the game and re-invented how Security Operations should function.
Our vigilant focus on automation, prevention and high-fidelity alerts enables our analysts to be more proactive. You will not spend your day sifting through alerts.
Instead, your day will be split evenly between (1) analyzing and responding to high fidelity alerts (2) proactive threat hunting and (3) contributing to a variety of different projects aligned to your personal interests.
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 alerts to confirm security incidents
Perform analysis of true positive alerts to determine root cause and impact
Own and lead individual incident response activities by analyzing security alerts and coordinating responses - Perform in-depth event review and analysis where appropriate - Analyze events, research the potential cause, and recommend a course of action
Hunt for indications of compromise across multiple technology platforms
Continuously improve our alerting use cases and the threat hunting program
Collaborate with SOC Automation team to automate tedious, boring activities
Contribute to proof-of-concept assessments of new security products
Generate reports detailing security incidents for security leaders and the business
Show off your excellent communication skills in post mortem reviews of incident response activities, to facilitate continuous improvement
Research security trends with the goal of improving our own processes and tools