Sr. Dir. Security Research (WildFire)
Sr. Dir. Security Research (WildFire)
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Job Description
About WildFire
WildFire deployed globally is our cloud-delivered security service and an advanced malware analysis platform. WildFire is a highly successful and rapidly growing cloud security service continuously evolving to combat sophisticated cyber threats.
Your Career
As the Sr. Director of Security Research for WildFire Engineering you will lead a critical function at the intersection of cutting-edge security research and robust engineering. You will be responsible for defining the future of malware analysis and prevention within the WildFire platform driving innovation and ensuring our capabilities stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape. This is a strategic leadership role that requires a deep passion for security a strong background in building mission-critical cloud services and the ability to lead a team at the epicenter of cybersecurity innovation.
Your Impact
Lead Security Research Strategy: Define and execute the strategic vision for WildFires security research including identifying emerging threats developing novel detection techniques and evolving our analysis capabilities. This includes pioneering AI research and development to enhance our detection efficacy.
Drive Innovation: Foster a culture of innovation within the team encouraging the exploration of new technologies (e.g. advanced AI/ML for threat detection) research methodologies and proactive threat intelligence gathering. Youll also drive initiatives around AI Model Scanning to identify and mitigate risks within AI-driven systems.
Team Leadership & Growth: Manage mentor and grow a globally distributed team of highly skilled engineers and managers. Foster a culture of deep technical curiosity rapid innovation and relentless focus on stopping threats for our customers.
Strategic Execution: Lead the wildfire engineering team and collaborate with Product Management and the other cross functional teams to translate cutting-edge research into product reality. Drive an agile development process to rapidly deliver new analysis environments (e.g. Windows macOS Linux Android) and detection capabilities.
Threat Landscape Expertise: Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the global threat landscape including adversary tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) malware trends vulnerability exploits and emerging threats related to AI systems.
Operational Excellence: Ensure the ongoing effectiveness and performance of WildFires detection capabilities driving improvements in fidelity coverage and performance.
Qualifications :
Your Experience
10 years of experience in cybersecurity with at least 7 years in a senior leadership role including managing other managers.
Deep expertise in malware analysis reverse engineering exploit analysis and threat intelligence.
Proven track record of delivering innovative security solutions and significantly impacting product capabilities with a strong emphasis on leveraging and securing AI technologies.
Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems. Experience with large-scale data processing for security analytics is a significant plus.
Extensive experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence applied to cybersecurity problems (e.g. anomaly detection classification AI model scanning).
Familiarity with public cloud environments (GCP AWS Azure) and their security implications.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
Additional Information :
The Team
We are the Threat Prevention and Cloud Service Infrastructure team. We are at the core of our products and deliver the best of security services in the cloud to prevent cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we and the whole industry think about cybersecurity.
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 $250000 - $343500/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
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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 .
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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
