Security Researcher

at  Microsoft

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is responsible for detecting, protecting, and responding to threats that affect Microsoft’s products and services. We are looking for a motivated Security Software Engineer/Researcher to join our team. 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.
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 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.
Microsoft’s 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifictaions:

Bachelor’s degree + 2 years of experience

- - or 5 years of relevant security research, engineering, or bug hunting work
- Ability to identify common vulnerability types (OWASP top 10, CWE top 25) in software and services written in C#, JavaScript/HTML, C++, C, etc
- Ability to 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 Experience developing software using C#, python, HTML/JS, C++/C, Rust, Go, etc
• Familiarity with hardware architectures such as x86-64 and AArch64 Experience with reverse engineering binaries and exploits, though this role is mostly web/cloud/api focused

• 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
• 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