Security Analyst / 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 Investigation Center of Excellence (ICE) within Cyber Defense Operations (CDO) is seeking a skilled Security Analyst / Senior Security Analyst to join the team.  ICE acts as the frontline defense, making this role essential for maintaining and enhancing security measures. The Security Analyst / Senior Security Analyst will perform investigations in response to security escalations, conduct digital forensics, develop capabilities to close information gaps, strengthen cloud defenses, and support cross-company security incidents. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in protecting Microsoft’s operations, ensuring compliance, and strengthening our security posture. As Microsoft accelerates its transformation into a cloud-first world, this role is crucial for defending Microsoft's Cloud platform and online services.

By applying to this role, you will be considered for multiple like opportunities within the Investigation Center of Excellence (ICE). Position specifics will be determined based on the candidate's demonstrated skills and experience. 

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities: 

• Performing analysis on security escalations to determine root cause and impact
• Conduct forensic and maintaining chain-of-custody as needed.
• Support cross company Security incidents and crisis
• Create technical documentation for SOC analysts and teams to follow
• Evaluate security risks and their impact to the Microsoft Cloud platform and its online services

Other: Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of 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. 
• 3+ years of experience working with large-scale cloud environments (Azure or similar)
• 3+ years of experience in performing Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 7+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection 
  • OR Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• Active certification in digital forensic or pen testing such as: GCIA, GREM, GCFE, GCFA, OSCP

Security Operations Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $127,200 - $208,800 per year.

Security Operations Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.

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