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Posted date: Dec 10, 2025
Category: Security Operations Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $132,300
Range: $84,200 - $180,400
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewThe Cloud & AI organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry are 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.
The Microsoft Insider Risk Program is dedicated to protecting our people, data, and intellectual property by identifying, investigating, and mitigating risks that originate from within the organization. We combine advanced detection, behavioral analysis, and collaborative response to safeguard Microsoft against insider-driven threats that could impact security, integrity, or trust.
As an Insider Risk Analyst, you will play an active role in detecting, assessing, and responding to potential insider threats. You’ll analyze data from multiple sources, validate suspicious behaviors, and partner with investigative, legal, and engineering teams to ensure accurate and timely response to risk events. This role requires strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to follow structured processes with precision.
You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of our Insider Risk operations by maintaining documentation, refining playbooks, and supporting the development of new detections. This position offers an opportunity to build a foundational career in insider threat analysis, blending investigative, intelligence, and cybersecurity disciplines to help protect one of the world’s most complex enterprises.
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.
Responsibilities
Detection & Response
Respond to detections and escalations related to Insider Threat. Provide investigation support, including containment and remediation during insider threat incidents. Investigation & Analysis
Identify, collect, and analyze essential data from a variety of sources to validate suspicious behaviors. Ensure metrics are complete and accurate, and findings are documented in the case management system. Collaboration & Coordination
Coordinate investigation and mitigation steps with other internal teams across Microsoft globally. Work closely with engineering and first-party product teams to author new detections or tune existing ones to improve alert quality Process & Continuous Improvement
Develop and maintain playbooks to improve processes, consistency, and information sharing across teams.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related fieldOR equivalent experienceOther Qualifications:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Customer Contract: 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.
Controlled Technology: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice, Political science, National Security Studies (or related field) or 2+ years of hands-on experience in Counterintelligence, Insider Risk, Law Enforcement or Open Source Intelligence. 1+ year(s) experience gathering, assessing, and synthesizing information from various sources to identify patterns, assess risk, and support investigative or intelligence-driven decisions. 1+ year(s) experience working in a structured, process-driven environment with attention to detail, consistency, and disciplined execution in documentation and case management. 1+ year(s) experience using Microsoft or equivalent enterprise security platforms (Sentinel, Defender, Purview) and data query languages, such as KQL or SQL. Foundational understanding of investigative or intelligence tradecraft demonstrated through coursework, training, or documented use of information synthesis, evidence handling, or analytical writing#CISOOrg
Security Operations Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $109,000 - $180,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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.
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