Senior Security Analyst

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all.  We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions.  The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

The mission of Microsoft Digital Security & Resilience (DSR) is to enable Microsoft to build the most trusted devices and services, while keeping our company safe and our data protected. As part of the Microsoft Security organization, and a steward of Microsoft and our customer's data, a core function of Microsoft DSR is ensuring the security of every aspect of the business. Microsoft DSR is responsible for company-wide information security and compliance, with a strategic focus on information protection, assessment, awareness, governance, and enterprise business continuity.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

 

Responsibilities

• Vigilantly monitor security alerts and logs, embodying our proactive and growth-oriented security ethos.
• Analyze and triage security events with a mindset geared towards continuous improvement and learning.
• Collaborate in incident response, leveraging collective knowledge and a customer-obsessed approach to problem-solving.
• Uphold and enhance security incident management processes, reflecting our commitment to integrity and accountability.
• Contribute to the evolution of SOC strategies, demonstrating a passion for innovation and a drive to create better solutions.
• Stay abreast of the latest security trends, embodying our culture of learning and curiosity.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident response OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification

 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

 

· Eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance

 

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