Senior Security Analyst

What you'll do

• Lead deep-dive investigations into complex security incidents for root cause analysis and threat actor attribution.
• Proactively hunt emerging threats across Microsoft's cloud telemetry to operationalize intelligence into detection logic.
• Drive cross-team responses for nation-state and supply chain compromises, partnering with multiple teams to contain and remediate.
• Translate investigation findings into platform-wide improvements to prevent future attacks of the same class.
• Mentor peers in advanced investigative techniques and threat actor tradecraft to build a culture of excellence.

What we're looking for

• Doctorate or Master's degree in a relevant technical field and 3+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Security with 4+ years of incident response experience.
• Proven expertise in log analysis using query languages like KQL/Kusto, SQL.
• Experience investigating nation-state threats and producing high-quality attribution analysis.
• Hands-on knowledge of supply chain compromise investigations and identity-plane incidents.
• Familiarity with Microsoft security data sources such as MDC, Defender XDR, Sentinel.
• Strong written communication skills for executive reports and technical briefs.