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The Senior Applied Threat Intelligence Analyst joins the Applied Threat Intelligence Production team within Microsoft Security Research. In this role, you will transform raw telemetry into actionable, customer-facing intelligence to defend against sophisticated threat actors. Your daily responsibilities include authoring high-impact reports on actor profiles, campaign analyses, and TTP deep-dives while building pipelines and workflows to stream intelligence at machine speed. You will operationalize findings into platforms like Defender XDR and Sentinel, representing the company in industry conferences and briefings. Key technical requirements include experience with Python, KQL, SQL, and PowerShell, alongside knowledge of OS internals, network protocols, and malware analysis. You must apply frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Diamond Model to analyze endpoint, cloud, identity, and network telemetry.
Cyber Threat Intelligence
AI
Large Language Models
Python
PowerShell
C#
C++
MITRE ATT&CK
Cyber Kill Chain
Diamond Model
Threat Hunting
Incident Response
Reverse-engineering
Network Protocols
Vulnerability Research
Anomaly Detection