principal Security Analyst tech_leadership · Posted May 30, 2026
$142,800 – $274,800
USD per year

About this role

Microsoft is hiring a principal-level Security Analyst based in Redmond, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, C#, Networking, Security. Compensation is listed at $142,800–$274,800 per year.

Role
Security Analyst
Function
security
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Redmond, WA
Department
Security Research
Posted
May 30, 2026

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Job description

from Microsoft careers
Overview

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.

Microsoft Security Research, is at the front line of defending Microsoft customers and the broader ecosystem against the world's most sophisticated threat actors. Our Applied Threat Production Intelligence team transforms raw signal from Microsoft's scale of telemetry into actionable, customer-facing intelligence that empowers defenders, informs product decisions, and shapes the public narrative on the threat landscape. We partner deeply across Microsoft Threat Intelligence, product engineering, research, marketing, and communications to ship intel that moves markets and protects organizations everywhere. 



Responsibilities

As a Principal Applied Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will: 

  • Author and publish high-impact threat intelligence reports (actor profiles, campaign analyses, trend reports, TTP deep-dives, vulnerability profiles) for both customer-facing and internal audiences. 

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