Security Research Specialist

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Security Research Specialist, you will design and conduct security research including malware analysis, threat and vulnerability analysis, adversary tracking, threat intelligence, detection and remediation development and other technology application focuses related to the understanding of the threat landscape with intent to disrupt adversaries or provide protection via defensive products and services. This opportunity will allow you to generate solutions including first party mitigation and working closely with customers and partners as well as support operational security and security incidents as well as security reviews and reporting.

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.

• You will provide results of research to inform improvements or issue resolution as appropriate.
• You will help analyze threat trends and anomalies to determine operational impact and determine vectors that introduce threat and potential mitigation strategies by learning about systemic security issues and how to address them.
• You will help process threat reporting from internal and external sources and work to identify and process technical indicators as well as provide discrete threat data based on intelligence requirements or customer requests.
• You will identify security defects or vulnerabilities and escalate as needed after identifying deficiencies in security guidance and ensuring you properly escalate to determine scope of impact and to relevant parties as needed.
• Under guidance, you will identify areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members as well as provide constructive input, so the work is integrated and timely. In addition to communicating the status of deliverables and dependencies to meet schedule.
• You will learn and understand the current state of the industry, including knowledge of tools, techniques, strategies and processes that can be utilized to improve security while maintaining knowledge of current trends within the industry.
• You will embody our culture and values.

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.