23 hours ago
Cheltenham, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Analyze critical security vulnerabilities and provide remediation guidance.
- Detect, reverse engineer, and patch live exploits reported to MSRC.
- Use AI and traditional tooling to find and analyze vulnerabilities at scale.
- Develop tools and techniques to improve vulnerability-analysis workflows.
- Research and innovate in security mitigations for Microsoft products and services.
- Analyze bug trends to inform security research and Microsoft security strategy.
Requirements
- Must be legally authorized to work in the UK.
- Experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection, or a bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to read, understand, and debug C and/or C++ code.
- Proficiency developing tools and automation to identify or verify security issues and scale analysis workflows.
- Knowledge of software vulnerabilities, exploitation, and prevention.
- Experience conducting security research on Windows/Linux systems.
Benefits
- The role offers collaboration with security experts across Microsoft and opportunities for career growth in security.
- Base pay is listed separately for the United Kingdom; certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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.