Cybersecurity Threat Hunter and Response Lead

1 week ago


Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Microsoft Full time

Overview

We are on a mission to make the world a safer place for all by reshaping security and empowering every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end-to-end, simplified solutions.

As a key member of our Identity Security Analyst team, you will be part of IDFIRE, the premier identity cyber threat hunting and investigation team in the industry. Our team's primary responsibility is to identify and understand novel attacks against user and application authentication by researchers, criminals, and nation-state actors.

We partner with data scientists and engineers to ensure the integrity and security of the services we operate (Entra & Microsoft Account), as well as the consumer and commercial identities we manage.

About Us

Micorsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. 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.

About the Role

This role requires experience in cybersecurity, anomaly detection, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, or data science. You should have a solid understanding of Azure or other cloud infrastructure, identity access management, and software development lifecycle.

Your Responsibilities

  • Respond to security incidents (on-call) from unexploited vulnerabilities to attacks against Microsoft and customers. Coordinate response in accordance with runbooks.
  • Conduct Post-Incident Reviews and determine root cause of security incidents. Prioritize lessons learned. Coordinate with engineering to build requirements and user stories.
  • Continually evaluate and improve existing processes. Develop new processes and opportunities for automation.
  • Identify and analyze new data sources to find novel patterns that can be passed to engineering and transformed into new automated detections and protections.
  • Develop and enhance data analytics pipelines for cybersecurity and/or fraud investigations.
  • Collaborate with engineering and partner teams (MSTIC, MSRC, M365, Xbox, Azure, and others) in achieving objectives.

Benefits and Perks

We offer industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, discounts on products and services, savings and investments, maternity and paternity leave, generous time away, giving programs, and opportunities to network and connect.

Salary Range

The estimated annual salary for this position is $140,000 - $180,000, depending on location and experience.



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