Microsoft Threat Context Analyst Korea 

United States, New York, New York 

957391557

Required Qualifications:

• Business level fluency to read, write and speak Korean
• Business level fluency in English

Other Requirements:

• This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Journalism, Communications, Political Science, History, Geography, Area Studies (e.g. Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies), Data Science/Economics/Econometrics, Anthropology, English/Literature/Comparative Literature/Philosophy or Religious Studies or related field.
• Experience leveraging language skills for open-source research and analytic experience working on cyber and/or disinformation threats in the Asia-Pacific region, including prior experience researching on social media platforms used in the Korean peninsula and Asia-Pacific region (e.g. KakaoTalk, LINE, Tistory, WeChat).
• Additional language skills are a plus, particularly Asian languages (e.g., Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian).
• Experience tracking cyber actors, infrastructure, and operational techniques and East Asia geopolitical issues.
• Experience producing actionable threat intelligence or strategic analysis through written reports and products.
• Experience collaborating with other analysts, technical collectors, and threat intelligence partners in government and industry is a plus.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 25, 2024.

• Research and assess on cyber and malign influence threats at tactical and strategic levels by drawing on information from social media accounts and websites, foreign policy priorities and perspectives from open-source reporting, and activity of Asia-Pacific-based cyber and influence threats from Microsoft telemetry.
• Write threat intelligence reports for customers on adversary influence actors, networks, and operations, including rapid reaction reporting on emerging threats, such as those enabled by artificial intelligence (AI).
• Work closely with the broader Microsoft Threat Intelligence team in its investigations of nation state cyber operations, drawing on their technical findings to inform analysis.
• Develop engaging presentations and brief various stakeholders under tight deadlines.
• Follow innovative, non-intrusive, law-abiding methods for detecting, diagnosing, and deterring the most advanced and prolific threats in the information environment.