Join Microsoft's Defender Experts (DEX) Research team, a leader in advanced threat protection. We're looking for a motivated Senior Threat Researcher to innovate and protect customers from sophisticated cyberattacks. This role involves collaborating with researchers and engineers to enhance managed Sentinel expertise and research emerging cloud threats. You'll leverage deep knowledge of multi-cloud environments to develop models that boost threat detection and response within Microsoft Sentinel, directly contributing to global enterprise security. This is an exceptional chance to tackle complex cloud security issues at scale and influence the future of threat research at Microsoft Security.

As a Senior Threat Researcher, you will drive advanced research on emerging cloud threats impacting Microsoft and third-party products across diverse cloud environments. You will develop and refine detection and response strategies using major SIEM platforms, focusing on Microsoft Sentinel, to ensure comprehensive threat coverage. This role requires collaboration with security teams to design scalable solutions for multi-cloud threat intelligence, detection, and mitigation. You will translate raw security data into actionable intelligence for global cloud security operations, mentor researchers on threat hunting and incident response, and contribute to industry knowledge through publications and threat modeling.

This position requires a minimum of 8 years in security research, detection engineering, and cloud security within large, complex environments. Proven experience in leading advanced research on cloud threats affecting Microsoft and third-party products is essential. Demonstrated expertise in developing detection and response strategies using SIEM and EDR platforms, particularly Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, is crucial. Extensive hands-on experience with cloud platforms like Azure and a solid understanding of multi-cloud security challenges are required. You should possess strong practical experience in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating real-world cyber threats in complex cloud settings, with the ability to work independently and influence multidisciplinary teams.