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Security Research Intern

Microsoft· Security Research
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Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, HerzliyainternPosted 4d ago

About the role

Security Research Internship at Microsoft (Israel: Tel Aviv, Herzliya). Intern will design and conduct security research including malware analysis, threat and vulnerability analysis, adversary tracking, threat intelligence, detection and remediation development, and related defensive work to disrupt adversaries and protect customers. Opportunity to contribute to advanced threat detection leveraging ML and behavioral profiling within a hyper-scale cloud defense environment. One-and-a-half-year student position concluding upon degree completion.

Responsibilities

  • Begin to analyze threat trends and anomalies to determine operational impact. Determine vectors that introduce threat and potential mitigation strategies. Learn about systemic security issues and how to address them.
  • Process threat reporting from internal and external sources. Provide discrete threat data based on intelligence requirements or customer requests.
  • Identify security defects or vulnerabilities and deficiencies in security guidance.
  • Contribute code to technical implementation and automation of solutions to address security issues, such as signature detection, malware, threat analysis, or reverse engineering. Use results from research and experimentation to support architecture or product direction.
  • Identify areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members. Provide constructive input so the work is integrated and timely. Communicate the status of deliverables and dependencies to meet schedule.
  • Engage in measures to protect tools, techniques, information, and results of security practices. Respond to incidents for systems or products as needed. Use results of pen testing to improve products and services.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field, with an expected graduation date of Summer 2028 or later.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in security research or threat hunting, with a specialized focus on identity, cloud, or AI-based threat scenarios.
  • Deep understanding of the threat landscape, including modern attacker techniques and complex kill-chains, with a focus on platform internals across OS, Cloud Workloads and Identity platforms.
  • Experience hunting across diverse signal sources, effectively uncovering threats within on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments

Skills

Required:Threat analysisMalware analysisThreat hunting
Nice to have:Reverse engineering
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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