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Posted date: Sep 15, 2025
There have been 3 jobs posted with the title of Security Analyst II all time at Microsoft.There have been 3 Security Analyst II jobs posted in the last month.
Category: Analytics
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $135,200
Range: $85,100 - $185,300
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Fully on-site
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
The Cloud & AI 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.
We are hiring a Security Analyst II for the Cloud Security Organization. Are you passionate about Cybersecurity and protecting Microsoft’s Cloud? Do you have analytical mindset and good understanding of security landscape? Are you excited about impacting some of the largest and most complex security challenges Microsoft faces today? If the answer is yes, you may be a candidate to join the Security, Health and Analytics team inside the Cloud Security organization. Our team designs, builds and operates security tools used to protect the cloud, its infrastructure, and customer’s workloads. We provide security monitoring platform and analytics, scan automation, threat detection and risk reduction for the Azure platform across wide range of physical and virtual platforms. Our group is looking for an experienced security professional to be a Security Analyst driving a portfolio of protection, detection and response capabilities focused on an important set of services in the Azure platform. Your work will play a key role in enhancing the security posture of some of the largest cloud services on the planet and help protect Microsoft’s customers from cybercrime. We are looking for someone who is passionate about and highly skilled in using big data and advanced analytics to drive actionable insights across complex business and product engineering questions as well as to identify and resolve critical problems for our customers. We work on petabytes of data, leveraging advanced data engineering and analytics to deliver business critical insights and recommendations for engineering leadership and service teams delivering Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. 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.
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.
Provide actionable intelligence and analytics that will make Azure cloud products and services saferBeing a thought leader in the security space to incubate, implement and refine ideas that will elevate our security postureTranslate trend analysis, variance analysis, findings, and insights to stakeholders to drive actions for a variety of vulnerability management and security monitoring scenariosCommunicate plans to executives and key stakeholdersPartner with service owners and key stakeholders to analyze the data and develop remediation plansDrive feedback programs with customers.Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
QualificationsMaster's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 2+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: 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 either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their 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. Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: 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 passportAdditional or Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 3+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 5+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.4+ years of experience in a vulnerability management or security data analyst role2+ years of experience with vulnerability scanning and management solutions2+ years of experience with SQL or KustoUnderstanding of data models and data visualizationDeep technical background in Windows and/or Linux systems, cloud security, and AzureOutstanding analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skillsBusiness intelligence and data analytic skills including scorecard and metric/KPI management
CISSP certification preferredHands-on experience with industry vulnerability scanning solutions for remote endpoints, virtual machines, and web applicationsData Analytics IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,100 - $169,800 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 $112,000 - $185,300 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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 26, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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