Pune, Maharashtra, India
1 day ago
Security Operations Engineering IC2

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. Job Title: Security Operations Analyst Job Description: Incident Assessment and Response: Analyze security alerts and incidents to determine their impact and scope. Respond to security incidents, ensuring appropriate containment, eradication, and recovery efforts are executed efficiently. Document and report on incident findings, providing actionable insights to improve our security posture. Compliance and Regulatory Oversight: Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to align incident response processes with regulatory obligations. Communication and Coordination: Serve as the primary point of contact during security incidents, providing clear, accurate, and timely communication to stakeholders. Prepare and deliver incident reports to senior leadership, legal, compliance, and other relevant teams. Coordinate with other SOC (Security Operations Center) analysts, IT teams, and third-party vendors as necessary to ensure an effective response to incidents. Continuous Improvement: Participate in post-incident reviews and contribute to the development of detections, playbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for security incidents. Identify gaps in security controls and make recommendations for improvements. Conduct training and awareness sessions for SOC team members and other stakeholders on security-related topics. Threat Intelligence and Monitoring: Monitor threat intelligence feeds and other sources to identify emerging privacy threats and vulnerabilities. Proactively hunt for indicators of compromise (IOCs) related to threats and regulatory concerns. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. At least 1 year of experience working in cybersecurity and threat intelligence. Proven experience in a security operations role, with a strong understanding of incident response and threat intelligence. Excellent communication and coordination skills. Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple incidents simultaneously. Preferred Qualifications: Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex issues to both technical and non-technical audiences. Leadership abilities, particularly in high-pressure situations. Detail-oriented with problem-solving and analytical skills. Equal Opportunity Employer: 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. 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. Benefits/Perks: Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. 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.

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