Technical Delivery
This role will work as part of a collaborative team assisting our customers with:
- Contextualizing and prioritizing findings to put together a comprehensive account and briefing of the events that transpired during a security incident
- Pulling together multiple disparate events to build and communicate a cohesive timeline of activity
- Discovering attacker persistence (if present)
- Determining attacker activity on known compromised systems
- Identifying potential threats – allowing for proactive defence before an actual incident
- Providing recommendations to improve cybersecurity posture going forward
- Performing knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today’s threat landscape
Security threats are constantly evolving, and so must the Microsoft Incident Response team. To that end, this role will involve:
- Researching, analyzing, and summarizing security threats, sharing across the team
- Identifying, conducting, and supporting others in conducting research into critical security areas, such as current attacks, adversary tracking, and academic literature
- Analyzing complex issues using multiple data sources to develop insights and identify security problems and threats. Creating new solutions to mitigate security issues
- Recommending prioritization and validation methods for technical indicators, developing tools to automate analyses
- Leads efforts to clean, structure, and standardize data and data sources; leads data quality efforts to ensure timely and consistent access to data sources
Thought Leadership
This role includes the ability to be at the forefront of Microsoft Security thought leadership by:
- Developing written content for publication on Microsoft blog platforms
- Developing presentations for delivery at internal and external conferences
- Use the unique experiences of Microsoft Incident Response to create unique storytelling moments
Operational Excellence
Must be maintained by:
- Completing operational tasks and readiness with timeliness and accuracy.
- Following Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines).
- Leading by example and guiding team members on operational tasks, readiness, and compliance.