Security Analyst
Microsoft Corporation
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Job posting number: #7301688 (Ref:ms-1807663)
Posted: February 19, 2025
Job Description
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.
Microsoft is seeking a skilled SOC Analyst to join its Security Operations Center (SOC) based in Cheltenham, UK. In this role, your primary responsibility will be investigating security alerts to uncover and analyze potential threats. Your creativity and problem-solving skills will be key as you collect evidence and piece together what occurred during security incidents.
You will leverage multiple evidence sources to determine how incidents happened and define the necessary steps for remediation. Additionally, you will play a critical role in enhancing security capabilities, closing information gaps, strengthening cloud defenses, and protecting customers from emerging threats.
As part of a dynamic and fast-paced team, this role offers continuous opportunities for growth and development. Be prepared to occasionally work outside standard hours for high-priority investigations and participate in on-call duties as required.
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.