Security Analyst

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Cloud security landscape is evolving rapidly. You will work in a fast-paced environment building a web application for use by internal Azure service engineers to ensure Azure services are built secure-by-design and secure-in-operations.

We are looking for a Security Analyst to join a fast-paced environment building a web application for use by internal Azure service engineers to ensure Azure services are built secure-by-design and secure-in-operations.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable intelligence and analytics that will make Azure cloud products and services safer.
• Being a thought leader in the security space to incubate, implement and refine ideas that will elevate our security posture.
• Translate trend analysis, variance analysis, findings, and insights to stakeholders to drive actions for a variety of vulnerability management and security monitoring scenarios.
• Communicate plans to executives and key stakeholders.
• Partner with service owners and key stakeholders to analyze the data and develop remediation plans.
• Drive feedback programs with customers.

Embody our Culture and Values 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field
  • OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) or consulting experience.
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience in a vulnerability management or security data analyst role.
• 1+ years of experience with vulnerability scanning and management solutions.
• 1+ years of experience with SQL or Kusto.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
  • OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economet