Unit 42 - Working Student (Germany)

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Your Career

This working student role is hosted within our Unit 42 Consulting team in Germany. The team is providing Threat Analytics, Cyber Risk Management Consulting, Digital Forensics, Incident Response and MDR to Palo Alto Networks clients. The team consists of threat intelligence analysts, GRC consultants and technical experts for DFIR and MDR who are skilled in identifying the key components involved in attacks and using analytical methods and technology to connect attacks together to define broader campaigns.

Students can learn about the cybersecurity industry from leading thinkers, grow their professional networks, and be part of a career-defining experience.

Your Impact

• Work to classify Unit 42 intelligence into specific frameworks to help us better understand how adversaries are evolving over time
• Support consulting programs and DFIR engagements
• Facilitate delivery of projects with supporting automation implementation
• Work with other interns and career intelligence analysts to investigate known threats using tools and the techniques they use to compromise networks and steal data

Your Experience

• Basic understanding of network security and cyber-attack techniques
• Desire to understand how threat intelligence can assist organizations with defending their data and networks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in German and English
• motivated mindset, willing to learn

• Requirements – you must be enrolled in a university program throughout the working student period.

The Team

Unit 42 is the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. We believe threat intelligence should be shared and available to all within the industry. We deliver high-quality, in-depth research on adversaries, malware families, and attack campaigns. Our analysts uncover and document adversary behaviors, and then share playbooks that give insight into the various tools, techniques and procedures threat actors execute to compromise organizations.

If you’re looking for a career with access to the brightest minds in cybersecurity – you’ve found it. We have a hunger for researching, hunting out the world’s newest threats and sharing them with our industry to make the digital world a safer place.

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 accommodations@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.