Principal Researcher

Your CareerWe are seeking a Principal Cyber Threat Intelligence Researcher to join our Fusion Intelligence Team (FIT), which is part of the Intel Response Unit within our broader Unit 42 Threat Intelligence organization. FIT’s mission is to conduct accelerated threat intelligence collection and analysis with a focus on pivoting from open-source intelligence to internal holdings to contextualize, cluster, and develop insights into emerging and ongoing threat activity. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with world-class researchers and engineers across Palo Alto Networks, ensuring high caliber intelligence drives additional cyber threat intel research, consultant engagements, customer and executive insights, and product integrations.Your ImpactAs a Principal Researcher on the Fusion Intelligence Team, your primary responsibilities will include:Accelerate OSINT fusion: Integrate open source into intelligence workflows by leveraging commercial enrichment sources and threat research to build a more complete cyber threat picture. Conduct accelerated analysis to enhance the depth and breadth of Palo Alto Network’s threat intelligence knowledge repository, and bolster our knowledge of threat activity to provide more comprehensive insights for customers. Leverage unique data holdings and partner across teams: Harness the full weight of the company's unique data holdings, including product telemetry, front line Incident Response (IR) data, and partner information. Utilize these resources to produce and communicate the most unique and valuable insights, enhancing the effectiveness and differentiation of our threat intelligence capabilities. Author tactical and strategic intelligence products: Produce rapid intelligence products for customers based on unique findings derived from the team’s analysis. Partner with other research and product teams to build joint capabilities and ensure findings are leveraged to the full extent. Ensure threat actors, industry, region, and malware profiles are continuously updated on a recurring basis Leverage AI for Analytic Workflows: Integrate Generative AI, NotebookLM, and other artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions across all phases of the intelligence lifecycle to improve analytic workflows. Use and develop new AI solutions to reduce research toil, query existing intelligence holdings, and accelerate report and presentation creation.