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About the Role

Join the Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage (GHOST) team as a Senior Security Researcher. This role involves performing threat hunts, assisting with investigations, developing threat intelligence, and improving Microsoft tooling and products to protect customers against advanced adversaries.

Responsibilities

• Perform deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments.
• Identify potential threats for proactive defense.
• Provide recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture.
• Conduct threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers for defense.
• Build proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities.
• Drive product and tooling improvements by conveying threat hunting and incident response learnings to engineering teams.
• Identify, prioritize, and target complex security issues impacting customers.
• Create and drive adoption of relevant mitigations and provide proactive guidance.

Requirements

• Demonstrated professional experience in Threat Hunting, Incident Response (DFIR), Threat Intelligence, or Security Research.
• Experience investigating sophisticated cyber threats, including APT or nation-state activity.
• Extensive experience working with forensically collected data (and tooling), security telemetry, logs, and SIEM platforms.
• Proficiency with KQL or equivalent query languages (Splunk, Humio, Kibana, etc.).
• Experience with EDR and security monitoring technologies such as Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, or similar platforms.
• Proven ability to analyze security data to investigate attacker activity, and derive indicators of compromise (IOCs), indicators of activity (IOAs), and TTPs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work in a global team environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a UK Security Clearance.

Skills

• Threat Hunting
• Incident Response (DFIR)
• Threat Intelligence
• Security Research
• KQL
• Splunk
• Humio
• Kibana
• EDR
• Microsoft Defender
• Microsoft Sentinel
• CrowdStrike
• SIEM platforms

Location

• United Kingdom

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Industry certifications in cybersecurity, DFIR, incident response, or threat hunting (e.g., CISSP, GIAC) are preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• £ 74,700.00 - £ 122,600.00 per year

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

About the Company

• Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
• As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.
• Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
• In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Equal Opportunity

• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
• If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.