Senior Security Researcher

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats regulatory scrutiny and estate complexity Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all We want to reshape security and empower every user customer and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end simplified solutions The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsofts 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 Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats regulatory scrutiny and estate complexity The Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC is responsible for detecting protecting and responding to threats that affect Microsofts products and services We are looking for a motivated Senior Security Researcher to join our team As part of the MSRC our team is responsible for analyzing vulnerabilities found in Microsofts products and services to determine their root cause severity and security impact This analysis plays a critical role in shaping the security updates that are deployed to customers The knowledge that we gain from analyzing vulnerabilities also informs the offensive and defensive security research performed by our team As part of this research our team works collaboratively with many teams across Microsoft to investigate develop and deploy security features that help discover and mitigate the biggest threats to customers Our team is passionate about a range of topics including vulnerability discovery automation safer programming languages exploit and vulnerability mitigations software sandboxes penetration testing red teaming exploit development operating systems security Windows and Linux virtualization security cloud services security OWASP top 10 and hardware vulnerabilities and mitigations This particular role is focused on the online services OLS e g cloud and web bugs This is a unique opportunity to have a positive impact on improving safety for customers around the world and to work on challenging real-world security problems as part of a supportive and collaborative team Microsofts mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more As employees we come together with a growth mindset innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals Each day we build on our values of respect integrity and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond In alignment with ourMicrosoft values we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day Responsibilities Analyzing vulnerabilities in software and services to determine their root cause severity and security impact Identifying variants of vulnerabilities and discovering new vulnerabilities Building tools and inventing new approaches to automate the discovery analysis of vulnerabilities Analyzing trends in vulnerabilities being discovered to spot patterns Researching developing and deploying mitigations for common patterns of vulnerabilities Performing penetration testing offensive security research and red teaming activities Strongly and effectively cross collaborate with engineering product groups internal MSRC teams and stakeholders Engaging with and contributing knowledge back to the security research community Mentoring and contributing to the growth of individuals within the team and across Microsoft Supporting a healthy and inclusive culture within the team and across Microsoft Qualifications Bachelor s Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science or related field and experience in software development lifecycle large-scale computing modeling cybersecurity and or anomaly detection In-depth 8-10 years of experience in working as a security researcher Experience in identifying common vulnerability types OWASP top 10 CWE top 25 in software and services written in C JavaScript HTML C C etc Ability to code debug and root cause vulnerabilities in software services and cloud platforms Excellent written and verbal communication skills Preferred Qualifications Public track record of vulnerability research and discovery Familiarity with cloud service architectures Azure etc design and implementations Familiarity with operating system internals for Windows and or Linux Familiarity with exploitation techniques and mitigations Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard 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