Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Palo Alto Networks Public Sector, LLC hires a Professional Services Consultant to help customers integrate and automate cloud security environments and adopt the Cortex XSIAM platform. The role leads deployments, develops automation workflows, provides technical guidance, and supports long-term customer value.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute step-by-step strategies for onboarding, ingesting, and parsing log sources into Cortex XSIAM
• Build and fine-tune correlation and detection rules to identify emerging threats across endpoint, network, and cloud environments
• Monitor and tune log source performance, ingestion rates, and detection logic to enhance system efficiency
• Analyze manual SOC processes and transform them into automated, scalable workflows using XSIAM automation playbooks
• Deploy and manage content packs, custom layouts, and automated dashboards tailored to customer security use cases
• Serve as a trusted SME on Cortex XSIAM, SIEM log architecture, correlation logic, and SOAR automation best practices
• Partner with security stakeholders to define security metrics and strategic automation roadmaps
• Conduct technical workshops and produce technical design documentation to enable long-term customer autonomy

Skills

• 4+ years of hands-on experience deploying, integrating, and managing enterprise SIEM solutions like Splunk, IBM QRadar, or Microsoft Sentinel
• Proven experience building playbooks, configuring correlation rules, and managing content and integrations within the Cortex ecosystem
• Proficiency in Python for security tool integration and automation scripting, combined with strong Regex capabilities for log parsing
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, JSON data structures, and third-party security integrations
• Exceptional written and verbal presentation skills, with a track record of authoring clear technical design documentation
• Strong analytical mindset capable of troubleshooting complex technical workstreams and integration flows independently
• Proactive, consultative approach to understanding customer challenges and translating them into actionable engineering requirements
• We will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position
• Palo Alto Networks credentials (e.g., PCNSE, PCDRA, or specialized XSOAR/XSIAM certifications)

Benefits

• Remote role
• The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.

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