Security Data Analyst II
Redmond, WA 
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Posted 19 days ago
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OverviewAreyouan experiencedSecurity Data Analystwith a passion forunlocking security value from data? Do you want to influence the direction and outcome of a cloud security monitoring program through critical data insights? Do you thrive on solving complex and ambiguous challenges that will significantly impact on the security of one of the largest clouds in the world?If so, join Microsoft's Azure Security organization as a Security Data Analyst II and help drive our security monitoring vision. Our team is responsible for securing the entire Azure stack and protecting our customers by providing secure cloud-scale services and tools. If you're passionate about improving Azure security monitoring and detection strategy and solving cloud-scale security challenges, we want you on our team.In this role, you'll work alongside Product Managers and Engineers, as well as other Data Analysts, to investigate and monitor key strategic threats against the Azure platform and identify actionable ways to detect and mitigate these threats. You'll tackle complex security problems and guide the rest of the team in their efforts, helping formulate approaches to solve challenging problems and discover new opportunities using well-defined algorithms and data sources. You'll have the opportunity to partner with teams across Microsoft to prioritize and drive impactful work for the Security Division and drive excellence through execution and delivery. We're looking for someone with a security-minded outlook, passion for protecting the Azure cloud, and a highly motivated growth mindset attitude. This is a great opportunity for a security-minded data analytics professional who is seeking to build a career with an amazing company. Join us and help secure the Azure Cloud. 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* Help the team make data-driven security decisions using data analytics to improve Azure's security posture* Provide insights into monitoring and detection data, including signal-to-noise rates, efficacy rates, detection patterns that help PMs translate security policy into high efficacy detection capabilities* Structure large, complex data sets to find usable information, solve difficulties, and analyze problems with advanced analytical or statistical methods* Independently analyze data to reveal its meaning-identify and extract insecure operations and behavioral anomalies* Document detection algorithms, investigation playbooks, processes related to data exploration* Simplify the complex by generating reports and visualizations that identify trends/patterns/predictions/gaps, evaluate the efficacy of monitoring and detections, and inform improvements in security coverage and operations* Collaborate with other Analysts and PMs to prepare briefings that communicate strategy, current state, and planning * Maintain a high bar for delivery quality, data accuracy, and precision in reporting, all while thinking end-to-end about securing the Azure environment * Research/Analyze attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems' security and determine detection gaps and signals to correlate OtherEmbody our Culture and Values

 

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