Microsoft

Principal Investigator

Microsoft • $116K — $203K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's Degree in related field with significant experience in corporate investigations.
  • 4-6 years of experience in employee misconduct investigations involving multiple evidence sources.
  • Advanced knowledge of eDiscovery and electronic document review platforms, particularly Microsoft Purview eDiscovery or Relativity.
  • Strong analytical, interviewing, and critical-thinking skills.
  • Experience collaborating across diverse teams and handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct sensitive corporate internal investigations involving allegations of employee misconduct.
  • Develop and execute investigative strategies, including evidence collection and interviewing.
  • Analyze and review electronic evidence using eDiscovery tools to ensure targeted investigations.
  • Summarize factual findings to assist attorneys in decision-making.
  • Collaborate with legal and cross-functional teams to gather investigative information.
  • Create investigative standards and practices to enhance investigation efficiency.

Benefits

  • Access to a range of professional development and training opportunities.
  • Flexible working arrangements to maintain work-life balance.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance packages.
  • Retirement savings plans with company contributions.
  • Employee assistance programs for personal well-being.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking an experienced Principal Investigator to lead and support complex corporate internal investigations and help advance Business and Regulatory Investigations (BRI) team's investigative capabilities. In this role you will demonstrate strong investigative judgement, planning, interviewing, credibility assessment, fact-finding, and evidence analysis capabilities, together with experience leveraging electronic evidence and technical data sources to support complex investigations. This role will work closely with attorneys and partners across Human Resources, Security, Finance, or other organizations globaly.

Responsibilities
  • Conduct complex and sensitive corporate internal investigations under the direction of counsel, involving allegations of employee misconduct, including financial misconduct fraud, conflicts of interest, misuse or unauthorized disclosure of company information, security-related misconduct, other potential policy violations.
  • Develop and execute investigative strategies, including identifying and collecting relevant evidence, conduct complex and sensitive interviews, perform document review and evidence analysis, and conduct or support digital forensic examinations.
  • Identify, search, collect, review, and analyze electronic evidence using Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, Relativity, or equivalent enterprise investigative, forensic and document review platforms, ensuring investigative activities are appropriately targeted and proportionate.
  • Analyze documents, interviews, and technical evidence. Identify relevant facts, inconsistencies, and evidentiary gaps. Develop clear, objective fact summaries to support counsel's investigative decisions and findings.
  • Collaborate effectively with attorneys and cross-functional partners, including Security, Human Resources, and other stakeholders to obtain and evaluate information relevant to investigations.
  • Develop investigative playbooks, standards, and scalable practices that improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of BRI investigations.


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business, Accounting, Criminal Justice, Law, International Relations, Global Intelligence, Engineering or related field AND 4+ years experience conducting employee misconduct investigations or other complex corporate internal investigations involving multiple evidence sources and significant organizational risk, or related field
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Criminal Justice, Law, International Relations, Global Intelligence, Engineering or related field AND 6+ years experience conducting employee misconduct investigations or other complex corporate internal investigations involving multiple evidence sources and significant organizational risk, or related field
      • OR equivalent experience.


Additional or preferred qualifications

  • Advanced experience using eDiscovery and electronic document review platforms, preferably Microsoft Purview eDiscovery and Relativity, or comparable enterprise platforms, to search, collect, and analyze large volumes of electronic evidence.
  • Understanding of electronic evidence, including electronic communications, documents, metadata, audit records, and other enterprise data sources.
  • Interviewing, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to distinguish established facts from assumptions, identify evidentiary gaps, and develop appropriate investigative follow-up.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, collaborate across geographically dispersed teams, and appropriately handle highly confidential information.
  • Experience conducting or supporting investigations across diverse geographies and jurisdictions.
  • Ability to write and interpret data query languages such as Kusto Query Language (KQL), SQL, or similar query languages to independently identify, collect, analyze, and validate relevant evidence.
  • Experience using Microsoft Defender, including Defender Advanced Hunting, or comparable security and endpoint investigation platforms.
  • Experience analyzing security and audit telemetry, including authentication, device, file, cloud application, and data movement activity.
  • Experience conducting or supporting digital forensic examinations, including analysis of endpoint, browser, file system, removable media, or other forensic artifacts.
  • Familiarity with scripting, automation, data analytics, or AI-assisted investigative and document review capabilities is a plus.


Investigations IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
MSFT
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