Senior Security Analyst at Microsoft

Microsoft is hiring a Senior Security Analyst for its Cyber Defense Investigations – Escalations team to lead deep-dive investigations of complex, high-severity security incidents, including root cause analysis, blast-radius assessment, threat actor attribution, and impact determination. The role also involves cloud and identity threat hunting, cross-team incident response, translating findings into detections and platform improvements, using AI and Copilot, and mentoring peers. Candidates need a relevant doctorate or master's degree with 3+ years of experience, or a bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience, or equivalent experience; the typical U.S. base pay range is USD $119,800–$234,700 per year.