Cyber Security Specialist
Posted 1 day ago by 83zero
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Prisma Access Consultant role focuses on delivering secure access and cloud security solutions within the Financial Services sector. This senior consulting position requires hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access and SASE solutions, particularly in regulated environments. The consultant will collaborate with various teams to design, implement, and optimize security architectures while ensuring compliance with industry standards. The role demands strong technical leadership and the ability to engage with senior stakeholders effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the design and implementation of Prisma Access solutions across enterprise financial environments
- Delivering SASE architectures aligned to financial services security and regulatory standards
- Integrating Prisma Access with the wider Palo Alto Networks security ecosystem (NGFW, Panorama, etc.)
- Supporting migrations from legacy network and security architectures to cloud-delivered security services
- Providing technical leadership, documentation, and knowledge transfer to internal teams
- Troubleshooting complex issues and optimising performance, resilience, and security posture
- Ensuring solutions align with financial services regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements
Key Skills:
- Strong, hands-on experience delivering Prisma Access in enterprise environments
- Deep technical expertise in Palo Alto Networks technologies
- Experience working within Financial Services or other highly regulated environments
- Strong understanding of SASE architectures, Cloud security and secure access transformations
- Experience producing detailed technical designs and documentation
- Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and operate in a consulting capacity
- Palo Alto Networks certifications (PCNSE, PCNSA, etc.) - desirable but not essential
- Experience working in banking, insurance, asset management, or payments environments
- Experience delivering large-scale network or security transformation programmes
- Knowledge of wider SASE, networking, or cloud security technologies
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Prisma Access Consultant – Financial Services
Location: UK (Remote / Hybrid)
Contract Length: 12 months
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
83zero are working in partnership with a global cyber security leader to deliver a large-scale secure access and cloud security transformation programme within the Financial Services sector . We are seeking an experienced Prisma Access Consultant to support the design, implementation, and optimisation of Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access solutions in highly regulated, enterprise environments.
This is a senior, hands-on consulting role suited to an individual with proven experience delivering Palo Alto SASE and Prisma Access in complex, security-critical financial organisations.
The Role
The successful consultant will play a key role in the technical delivery of Prisma Access and wider Palo Alto Networks SASE solutions, working closely with security architects, network teams, and senior stakeholders.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading the design and implementation of Prisma Access solutions across enterprise financial environments
- Delivering SASE architectures aligned to financial services security and regulatory standards
- Integrating Prisma Access with the wider Palo Alto Networks security ecosystem (NGFW, Panorama, etc.)
- Supporting migrations from legacy network and security architectures to cloud-delivered security services
- Providing technical leadership, documentation, and knowledge transfer to internal teams
- Troubleshooting complex issues and optimising performance, resilience, and security posture
- Ensuring solutions align with financial services regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements
Required Experience and Skills
Candidates must demonstrate:
- Strong, hands-on experience delivering Prisma Access in enterprise environments
- Deep technical expertise in Palo Alto Networks technologies
- Experience working within Financial Services or other highly regulated environments
- Strong understanding of SASE architectures, Cloud security and secure access transformations
- Experience producing detailed technical designs and documentation
- Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and operate in a consulting capacity
Desirable (but not essential)
- Palo Alto Networks certifications (PCNSE, PCNSA, etc.)
- Experience working in banking, insurance, asset management, or payments environments
- Experience delivering large-scale network or security transformation programmes
- Knowledge of wider SASE, networking, or cloud security technologies