Job Description

Microsoft Corporation is proud to have the opportunity to serve our government and offer an opportunity for you to do the same. The security of our nation and preservation of our nation's interest are critical to the safety and prosperity of the United States. If you are an individual who possesses exceptional analytical skills and has experience working in or supporting the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community, we have an excellent opportunity in our National Security organization. Microsoft Corporation is seeking an exceptional analyst to join our National Security organization as a counterintelligence threat analyst located in the Washington DC metro area.

If you have experience as a counterintelligence threat analyst, then this is an exciting opportunity, and you are encouraged to apply today.

Security Clearance Requirements: The successful candidate must be a United States citizen and have active US Government Security Clearance based on a Tier 5 investigation and the ability to pass a polygraph. The selected candidate must be able to start within 30 days of offer acceptance.

Identifies, monitors, and assesses the efforts of a foreign intelligence entity who attempts to collect sensitive data. Writes strategic assessments and provides tactical analysis and advice. Qualified candidates should have a working knowledge of the DoD National Industrial Security Program (NISP) processes. Experience with a U.S. Government industrial security counterintelligence and insider threat program. Must have 8 years of relevant experience, strong oral/written communication, and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Analyze, assimilate, and evaluate all available suspicious activity, threat, and intelligence information collected.
* Demonstrate hands on experience analyzing high volumes of logs, network data, and other artifacts.
* Understand and analyze emergent computer, telecommunications, biometric or geospatial technology threats.
* Familiarity with malware analysis concepts and methods.
* Review scripts/traffic from other streams to provide analysis and recommendations.
* Formulate information source search strategies, review data to identify patterns and relationships across multiple disciplines.
* Use open source to support and supplement threat analysis.

Qualifications:

* Eligible or active TS/SCI Security Clearance, with polygraph preferred (most recent Tier 5 investigation within the last 4 years)
* 5+ years of experience analyzing and pursuing threats.
* Deep experience with and knowledge of Intelligence Community Directives, the National Industrial Security Program and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
* Practical application of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual.
* Understanding of applicable guides and government systems with relation to counterintelligence.
* Demonstrated ability to utilize government, open source, other commercially available systems, and internal databases to review, collect, analyze, evaluate and interpret data to produce actionable intelligence products that can be consumed by both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Proficient in SIGINT and cyber analysis, tools, reporting and methodology.
* Demonstrated ability researching and writing due diligence reports, analyzing metadata, network traffic and public infrastructure to supplement intelligence products.
* Strong written communication skills, including experience in taking complex technical concepts and making them consumable and relatable to broader groups of readers.

Preferred additional skills: (candidate with preferred skills will have priority)

* Experience working in teams and matrix environments.
* Experience working on a counterintelligence, insider threat and OPSEC program team.
* Proven ability to build strategic relationships with key threat intelligence partners in government and industry.
* Delivers written material and presentations to internal and external audiences.
* Ability to quickly and efficiently sort through data to identify key issues or variables to consider in making important strategic decisions.
* Excellent cross-group collaborator with strong organizational skills, quickly understanding and meeting needs of customer and peer teams.
* Ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

If hired for this position, the team you would be joining is part of our Cloud organization and/or works with government contracts and as such has a unique background check requirement, detailed below. Please note you will be provided with steps for completing the check if you accept a role on the team.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screening(s):

* Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

The successful candidates must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.

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