2 months ago
Base Salary
$120k - $304k/yr
Responsibilities
- Discover, validate, and analyze vulnerabilities across Microsoft products, cloud services, and open-source ecosystems.
- Develop scalable automation, AI-driven systems, and research tooling for vulnerability discovery, triage, and remediation.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to drive vulnerability mitigation and reduce customer risk.
- Lead or contribute to offensive security assessments covering emerging threats, attack techniques, and systemic weaknesses.
- Publish technical findings and influence open-source projects or large-scale software systems.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or a related field; or a master’s degree in one of these fields plus 3+ years of relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
- Preferred qualifications include a doctorate plus 3+ years, master’s degree plus 6+ years, or bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant experience may include software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and anomaly detection.
- Demonstrated vulnerability research, vulnerability discovery, exploit development, reverse engineering, or offensive security research experience, including publicly disclosed CVEs or security advisories.
- Participation in security competitions or research programs such as Capture The Flag, DARPA AI Cyber Challenge, Pwn2Own, or similar initiatives.
- Ability to pass Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Benefits
- The position requires a Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the posting open for a minimum of five days.
Categories
AI ResearchSecurity
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.