The Microsoft Security Operations Analyst collaborates with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization. Their goal is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advise on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders. Responsibilities include threat management, monitoring, and response by using a variety of security solutions across their environment. The role primarily investigates, responds to, and hunts for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender XDR, and third-party security products. Since the Security Operations Analyst consumes the operational output of these tools, they are also a critical stakeholder in the configuration and deployment of these technologies.

Configure SIEM operations with Microsoft Sentinel

• Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
• Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel