Senior Security Incident Responder – CTJ – Top Secret

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.

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is looking for a Senior Security Incident Responder for our US Government Cloud. As a Senior Security Incident Responder, you will provide coordination and leadership during cyber security incidents. Your passion will show as you step into a crisis and lead teams to a successful resolution. You will be responsible for ensuring that established processes are followed, decision points are documented, all relevant parties are engaged and understand the mission, and that customers and executives are up to date. You will also facilitate discussion around trends and early warning indicators, as well as help design solutions to emerging threats.  

MSRC seeks motivated, experienced security professionals to join our team. There are few places in Microsoft that have as much direct impact on as many customers as the Microsoft Security Response Center’s Security Operations Center (SOC) and Incident Response Teams. The SOC within the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is the front line that defends our customers that use Microsoft's Cloud platform and online services. The government security team further specializes to defend national security objectives supporting the DoD (Department of Defense) and civilian agencies. 

The Senior Security Incident Responder will be excited about strengthening our cloud defenses and defending customers from emerging security threats. If you are excited about protecting customers, then this opportunity may be for you. We are a fast-paced team that constantly provides new opportunities to learn and grow.  

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.