Principal Consultant, AI Assessments, Proactive Services (Unit 42) - Remote

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Summary

Job Summary
This client-facing role requires the Principal Consultant to lead and produce deliverables for cyber risk management (CRM) engagements. You will work directly with multiple customers and key stakeholders, from administrators to the C-suite, to define and drive security priorities for their security operations center (SOC) and broader information security teams, acting as a trusted advisor to help them achieve and maintain a strong cybersecurity posture.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 AI/ML models.

  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) for risk analysis and mitigation.

• 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.

  • Privacy-preserving AI techniques (e.g., differential privacy).

• Evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements and standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, or emerging AI-specific regulations).

• Collaborate with the client’s cross-functional 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 up-to-date 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 Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and security best practices as well as threat to foundational, base, and other AI models and tools

• 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 deep-dive testing and control validation

• 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%)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security or equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations

• 6-9+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards.

• Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation

• Experience with security assessments/audits, 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 AI/ML models, including development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Former professional services and consulting experience preferred

• Experience managing a team of consultants

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly in conveying complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• Demonstrate a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships

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 non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. 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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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.