Security Researcher II

Security Researcher II, who can conduct specialized security research on novel or challenging tactics and techniques, understand the evolving threat landscape and design robust solutions to detect and prevent cyberattacks.

• Research emerging attack vectors and techniques
• Analyze detection and prevention gaps and understand root cause
• Design and develop detection, prevention and disruption solutions to thwart advanced attacks
• Synthesize in-field telemetry to judge the state of threat coverage and share insights
• Identify trends, foresee landscape direction and propose enhancements to meet the needs
• Collaborate across teams to address systemic security issues
• Guide design of AI based solutions to tackle hard security problems

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• OR 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
• 3+ years of software development/research experience utilizing knowledge of security/threat landscape
• Practical Windows internals knowledge (other OS experience may count)
• 1+ years of experience with Reverse Engineering: familiar with debuggers, disassemblers, protocols, file formats

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

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.