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Director - Cybersecurity & CISO
Sempra Infrastructure
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Chief Information Security Officer
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Director Deputy CISO
IDEXX
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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!

  • Provide a direct positive influence on the security posture of the world's most prestigious organizations by leading Unit 42's elite group of cybersecurity professionals in a variety of assessments for our top-tier clientele
  • Orchestrate and manage a dynamic schedule for a large team of elite offensive security specialists, ensuring optimal alignment of skill sets to meet client needs and maximize usage of available billable hours
  • Serve as a mentor to a team of offensive security personnel, maximizing professional development by providing ad hoc technical guidance and aligning employees with appropriate industry-standard training courses
  • Craft policies governing offensive security practices which reflect cutting-edge capabilities of advanced persistent threat actors and enforce security best practices that ensure the safety of our client's environments
  • Fulfill a customer-facing case leadership role for multiple concurrent events, guiding a technically diverse team of personnel through the complex challenges posed by some of the world's largest networks
  • Ensure high quality engagement outcomes and deliverables by providing quality assurance and technical oversight during engagements
  • Provide hands-on support for highly complex offensive security operations, utilizing cutting-edge techniques in technically challenging environments
  • Provide front-line support to the sales team by meeting with clients to clearly articulate various penetration approaches and methodologies to both technical and executive audiences - Transform customer requirements into executable statements of work, including a work breakdown structure with accurate estimates of billable hours for each discrete phase of testing
  • Develop scripts, tools, and methodologies to automate and streamline internal processes and engagements
  • Assist in the development of security standards and best practices for the organization and recommend security enhancements as needed
  • Assist with the development and maturity of both new and existing Unit 42 offensive security offerings

Your Experience

  • 12+ years of professional experience in technical fields directly relevant to offensive security, including software development, static code analysis, penetration testing, exploit development, threat hunting, and incident response
  • Demonstrated subject matter expertise in multiple core offensive security service offerings, including a deep understanding of architecture requirements for Red Team exercises, Endpoint Detection and Response evasion methodologies, and Advanced Persistent Threat emulation techniques
  • Hands-on experience and deep understanding of tools and techniques for conducting network, wireless, and web application penetration testing
  • Experience with penetration testing, administering, and troubleshooting major flavors of Linux, Windows, and major cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS providers (i.e., AWS, GCP, and Azure)
  • Knowledge of best practices for application, database, and web server design and implementation
  • Knowledge of open security testing standards and projects, including OWASP & MITRE ATT&CK
  • Experience with scripting and editing existing code and programming using one or more of the following - Perl, Python, Ruby, Bash, C/C++, C#, or Java
  • Extensive experience managing a team of consultants in the execution of a variety of penetration testing requirements
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to serve as a front-facing representative of Palo Alto Networks, building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders
  • Proven ability to draft thorough, articulate reports that convey technically complex material to an executive-level audience, ensuring clear understanding and informed decision-making
  • Experience scoping new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations, or equivalent military experience required
  • Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average 30%)

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Network's 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 mission-critical cybersecurity solutions, we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response, attack readiness, and remediation plans with a focus on providing long-term 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 non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 - $208000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.

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On-site
State
California
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Administrative
Salary ($K)
165
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268
Not disclosed
165

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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Impact

  • In collaboration with legal colleagues and product leaders, implement a scalable process for conducting AI/ML impact assessments and other security assessments on new products and enhancements to existing products
  • Perform continuous development of whitepapers mapping between regulations and product capability, enabling compliance with customer preferences and regulatory obligations
  • Partner with legal colleagues and product leaders to develop new and update existing Privacy Datasheets
  • Partner with Information Security to advance our privacy by design program
  • Work closely with the functional teams to understand their perspectives, processes, applications and technologies to ensure compliance with applicable data regulations and industry best practices while guiding and delivering solutions for the teams
  • Develop and update playbooks to enable legal colleagues and product leaders
  • Handle special projects as requested

Your Experience

  • Required Qualifications
  • Education - J.D. degree from ABA accredited or reputable international law school, or equivalent military experience required
  • Bar - Should be a member in good standing of an applicable bar
  • 5 years of experience working on emerging technology issues either at a law firm or a SaaS / cybersecurity company
  • Experience in global data regulations (e.g., NIS2 Directive, EU AI Act, EU Data Act and other security and data protection frameworks)
  • Experience reviewing products, features, and initiatives to provide sound risk-based advice in light of the evolving regulatory landscape
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • NA

The Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic legal department and a growing Product Counsel team. The Palo Alto Networks Product Counsel team works as a trusted business partner to the entire Engineering, Product Management and Information Security organization, providing expert guidance and education to facilitate adoption of our products. We work tirelessly with our clients to deliver the most comprehensive and automated security that uses AI to protect and support customers in real time.

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $165000 - $267500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.

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On-site
State
California
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Product
Salary ($K)
231
-
317
Not disclosed
231

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!

  • Drive Innovation - Spearhead the development of groundbreaking cloud security solutions that outpace the rapidly evolving threat landscape
  • Scale for Hypergrowth - Lead a team that has grown our install base 80x and revenue 20x in just 7 years
  • Shape Industry Standards - Influence cloud security best practices and set new benchmarks for the entire industry
  • Product Vision & Strategy
  • Craft and execute a visionary product roadmap that anticipates market needs
  • Collaborate with engineering to deliver cutting-edge features at an unmatched pace
  • Translate complex security challenges into elegant, user-friendly solutions
  • Market Leadership
  • Maintain Prisma Cloud's position as the #1 Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
  • Identify strategic opportunities to expand our product portfolio and market share
  • Work closely with sales and marketing to drive explosive revenue growth
  • Customer Obsession
  • Engage directly with Fortune 500 CISOs and cloud security leaders
  • Transform customer feedback into product innovations that solve real-world problems
  • Build a product that customers love and can't live without

Your Experience

  • 10+ years of product management experience, with a proven track record in cybersecurity or cloud technologies
  • Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern application architectures
  • Exceptional leadership skills, able to inspire and guide high-performing teams
  • Strategic mindset combined with a bias for action and ability to execute
  • Excellent communication skills, adept at influencing C-level executives and technical practitioners alike

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that proactively address them. Our Product Management Team helps us do just that.

Our organization and employees are committed to changing as rapidly as our industry’s threats do, and to do that, we need creative product teams to address emerging cyber threats. They provide behind-the-scenes support for our products by being a source of information on our products for our systems engineers, staying on top of the environment we sell in, and helping to implement product-wide technical solutions based on our client’s feedback and needs. As threats and technology evolve, we stay ahead to accomplish our mission.

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $231000 - $317000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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 recruitingemail@paloaltonetworks.com.

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?: Yes

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Director - Cybersecurity & CISO
Sempra Infrastructure
State
Texas
Remote Elig.
Hybrid
Seniority
Executive
Domain
Cross-domain
Salary ($K)
190.00
-
Not disclosed
284
Chief Information Security Officer
CalSTRS
State
California
Remote Elig.
Hybrid
Seniority
Executive
Domain
Cross-domain
Salary ($K)
12.00
-
Not disclosed
21
Director Deputy CISO
IDEXX
State
Remote
Remote Elig.
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Cross-domain
Salary ($K)
-
Not disclosed