Microsoft Security Analyst II - CTJ Poly 

United States, Washington 

950126894

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is looking for a Security Analyst II for our US Government Cloud. As a Security Analyst II, you will work closely with other cloud and security experts across Microsoft to investigate threats, proactively hunt for compromise, improve and automate processes, develop security tooling and data automation, and contribute your experience and expertise to countless other projects that enhance the security and scalability of our cloud services. You will be a part of defending our customer base focused on identifying new attacks, coordinating large scale response and investigating issues.The

• 3+ year(s) 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 with big data and SIEM solutions such as ArcSight, Splunk, ElasticSearch, Logstash, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Data Lake, or Azure Sentinel
  • OR 3+ years of experience working with large data sets to answer complex and ambiguous questions, using tools and languages like: SQL, KQL, Jupyter Notebook, Spark, Azure Synapse, R, U-SQL, Python, Splunk, and PowerBI.
• Knowledge of common security, encryption, and protocols such as encryption, PKI, modern authentication and cloud app authorization architectures and protocols such as SAML or OAUTH.
• Practical OS (Operating Systems) security/internals knowledge for Linux and/or Windows.
• Exposure to security related subjects and trends such as digital forensics, reverse engineering, penetration testing, and malware analysis.
• Experience with the Microsoft cloud and/or stack including O365, Azure, Windows or other Microsoft software/services.
• Certifications like GCIA, GSLC, GCIH, CISM, CISSP, CEH, etc. are plus.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and communicate technical details with varying levels of management.

• Assess threats to the service
• Perform investigation on suspected vulnerable or compromised assets and services, and analyze log data and other artifacts to determine what occurred.
• Identify potential issues with detection (e.g., false positives, noise). Analyze potential or actual intrusions identified as a result of monitoring activities. Create detections based on available data (e.g., Indicators of Compromise [IOC] and Tools Tactics Procedures [TTP]).
• Plan and execute proactive adversary hunt for malicious activity using myriad log sources, network- and host-based tools, and threat intelligence to identify the threat actors and their tools and techniques.
• Analyze key metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) and other data sources (e.g., bugs, unhealthy data pipeline) and identifies trends in security issues and escalates appropriately. Recommend improvements and/or metrics to address gaps in measurement.
• Proactively identify and investigate potential issues in controls (e.g., network, identity, etc.). Leverage expertise and team members to address and drive down issues accordingly. Identify and/or recognize patterns and recommend potential mitigation strategies. Identify and raise opportunities for automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Create automation as appropriate to drive greater efficiency with high value.
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