New 
Threat Context Analyst
 Microsoft | |
 United States, New York, New York | |
 Oct 24, 2025 | |
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OverviewThe Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) is looking for a Threat Context Analyst with proficiency in Mandarin and experience in investigating influence and/or AI threats emanating from China. MTAC is part of Microsoft Global Affairs within Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA). The threat context analyst will contribute to MTAC's mission to detect, assess, and disrupt digital threats to Microsoft, its customers, and democracies worldwide. The analyst will leverage their language skills and geopolitical knowledge to research and develop reports on malicious nation-state influence and cyber-enabled and AI-enabled influence operations from China. In this role, the analyst will leverage Mandarin language and regional, cultural, and geopolitical knowledge to inform attribution analysis and develop assessments about how influence and cyber operations fit into China's national security policy. This will require collecting and analyzing Chinese social media press content in Mandarin, as well as other open-source information, to quickly and efficiently to capture the most relevant findings. The analyst will also synthesize data/intelligence from multiple sources to draw conclusions about China-based AI threats to write and brief for executive audiences. The position will require excellent written composition ability, professional briefing skills, and rigorous attention to detail.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities:Investigate, research, and assess Chinese malign influence threats at tactical and strategic levels by drawing on information from China-linked social media accounts, foreign policy priorities and perspectives from open-source reporting, and the activity of other China-based actors.Quickly and efficiently write reports based on those findings for executive audiences.Develop engaging presentations and brief various stakeholders under tight deadlines. Follow innovative, non-intrusive, law-abiding methods for detecting and assessing the most advanced and prolific threats in the information environment.Occasionally work with the broader Microsoft Threat Intelligence community in its investigations of cyber operations and draw from their technical findings to inform analysis. | |