# Principal Security Researcher

OverviewThe Cloud & AI 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. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world. Do you have a passion for helping Microsoft’s clients defend themselves against targeted exploitation? Are you interested in being intimately involved in the latest, cutting-edge developments in the security industry and having a direct impact on the security of all Microsoft customers? Do you want to be on the front lines of helping our customers go toe-to-toe against advanced adversaries? Are you interested in a fast-paced job full of new opportunities? If that resonates, consider joining us as a Principal Security Researcher on the Tip of the Spear team. Responsibilities

- **Id**: 4095609
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-security-researcher-6>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T06:33:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T02:36:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5105
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

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- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 487
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- **Stale share**: 0.563
- **Repost share**: 0.047
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 93500
- **Max**: 161800
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 214934

## Technologies

- **EnCase** — Optional: yes
- **FTK** — Optional: yes
- **Kibana** — Optional: yes
- **SIEM** — Optional: yes
- **Splunk** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes
- **X-Ways Forensics** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T20:54:27Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

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- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T04:55:48Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 214934
- **Is top pay**: yes

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