The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) is looking for a lead threat AI investigator in the role of Threat Context Analyst who will focus on identifying and mitigating AI abuses. This role involves tracking and investigating sophisticated actors, ranging from nation-state threat groups to influence-for-hire actors, and beyond. They will contribute to MTAC’s mission to detect, assess, and disrupt digital threats to Microsoft, its customers, and governments worldwide. MTAC is part of the Customer Security & Trust (CST) organization within Microsoft’s Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) group.
In this role, the analyst will focus on identifying and mitigating AI abuses on Microsoft's platforms and beyond. This role involves tracking and investigating sophisticated actors, ranging from nation-state threat groups to influence-for-hire actors. In this role you will possess both deep geopolitical knowledge and the technical ability to build workflows that reliably surface and track these actors and their influence sets, conducting thorough investigations. They will also write and brief on a broader set of analytic findings, integrating open-source information with historical analysis to communicate succinctly and effectively to executives, government officials and public audiences.