Senior Applied Threat Intelligence Analyst Microsoft Security Threat Response

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 Microsofts 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.

Microsoft Security Research is at the front line of defending Microsoft customers and the broader ecosystem against the worlds most sophisticated threat actors. Our Applied Threat Intelligence Production team transforms raw signal from Microsofts scale of telemetry into actionable customer-facing intelligence that empowers defenders informs product decisions and shapes the public narrative on the threat landscape. We partner deeply across Microsoft Threat Intelligence product engineering research marketing and communications to ship intel that moves markets and protects organizations everywhere.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Computer Security or related field.
• OR Masters Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Computer Security or related field AND 3 years experience in software development lifecycle large-scale computing threat analysis or modeling cybersecurity vulnerability research and/or anomaly detection.
• OR Bachelors Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Computer Security or related field AND 4 years experience in software development lifecycle large-scale computing threat analysis or modeling cybersecurity vulnerability research and/or anomaly detection.
• OR equivalent experience.

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:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• • Doctorate in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Computer Security or related field AND 3 years experience in software development lifecycle large-scale computing threat analysis or modeling cybersecurity vulnerability research and/or anomaly detection.
    • OR Masters Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Computer Security or related field AND 6 years experience in software development lifecycle large-scale computing threat analysis or modeling cybersecurity vulnerability research and/or anomaly detection.
    • OR Bachelors Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science Computer Security or related field AND 8 years experience in software development lifecycle large-scale computing threat analysis or modeling cybersecurity vulnerability research and/or anomaly detection.
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of experience in cyber threat intelligence threat hunting incident response or a closely related security discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience producing finished threat intelligence reporting for technical audiences.
  • Attribution experience creating threat groups assessing connections between established threat groups and communicating attribution assessments to internal stakeholders and customersin a timely manner.
  • Working experience withMicrosoft SentinelandMicrosoft Defender XDR(or directly comparable SIEM/XDR platforms).
  • Understanding of adversary tradecraft the cyber kill chain and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK the Diamond Model and structured analytic techniques.
  • Written and verbal communication skills with a portfolio of public or customer-facing intelligence writing.
  • Experience analyzingendpointcloud identity and network telemetry.
  • Familiarity with scripting or data analysis tools (Python KQL SQL PowerShell).
  • Understanding ofOS internals network protocols and common attack techniques.
  • Exposure to reverse engineering or malware analysis.
  • Functional understanding of common threat analysis models such as the Diamond Model Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK.
  • Programming or scripting background (Python PowerShell C# C etc.).

Security Research IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119800 - $234700 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 $160200 - $261000 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.

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