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Security Researcher II and Senior Security Researcher (Multiple Positions)

Microsoft· Security Research
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Redmond, WA, Mountain View, CA, Reston, VA$102.1k - $202.2kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Microsoft Defender Experts Team seeks Security Researcher II or Senior Security Researcher to join the detection and response team, leveraging Microsoft 365 Defender to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced attacks and data breaches, develop durable detection solutions, and drive innovations in hunting objectives and tooling.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with senior leaders of customers’ security organizations as design partners on new cloud detection and response innovations, and to ensure excellent customer satisfaction with products and services.
  • Partner with your team of Microsoft Threat Experts providing deep research and analysis of threats impacting our customers.
  • Work cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, and business leaders to innovate and deliver new security service offerings at a global scale.
  • Investigate, analyze, and learn from security researchers, attackers, and real incidents to develop durable detection solutions/strategies across customer tools.
  • Work with other internal and external teams to forge new and improve existing partnerships that help mature the products that support Defender Experts service offerings.
  • Provide technical leadership in a challenging and rewarding environment and influence the organization.

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 2+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection
  • OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Advanced degree in relevant field or equivalent experienceThreat analysis and modelingSoftware development lifecycle
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