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Security Researcher

Microsoft· Security Research
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Cheltenham£44.2k - £75.7kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Security Researcher role in Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC) Vulnerability & Mitigations Team, focusing on vulnerability discovery, analysis, exploit research, and development of mitigation techniques to improve protection of Microsoft products and services.

Responsibilities

  • Analyse critical security vulnerabilities reported by security researchers from around the world and provide guidance on remediation.
  • Detect, reverse engineer and patch live exploits reported to MSRC.
  • Use state of the art AI tooling to find and analyze vulnerabilities at scale.
  • Develop new tools and techniques to improve vulnerability analysis workflows.
  • Innovate in security mitigations to make Microsoft products and services more resilient to attacks.
  • Gain insights from incoming bug trends to inform security research for the team, as well as influence the broader Microsoft security strategy.
  • Work with and learn from experts across Microsoft and grow your career in security in a motivated and supportive team.

Qualifications

  • You must be legally authorised to work in the UK to be eligible for this role
  • Experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and/or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field OR equivalent experience
  • An ability to read, understand and debug C and/or C++ code
  • Proficiency in developing tools and automation to identify or verify security issues, and scaling analysis workflows using AI and traditional
  • Knowledge of software security vulnerabilities, how they can be exploited, and how they can be prevented
  • Experience in security research on Windows/Linux systems

Skills

Required:Security researchC/C++
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