Penetration Tester: Internship Opportunity
About The Position
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. The Microsoft Offensive Research & Security Engineering (MORSE) team is looking for a learn-it-all engineer that will help secure Microsoft products and devices. The MORSE team is responsible for securing Microsoft's operating systems, including Windows, cloud computing platforms, and virtualization technologies. These solutions support the daily needs of over one billion customers worldwide. This team performs security design reviews, code reviews, and vulnerability research on key features of Windows and Azure to make sure they meet the highest possible security standards. In this role, you will help engineering teams secure the operating systems built at Microsoft. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with native code (C/C++), vulnerability research (code audit, writing fuzzers, finding creative ways to break assumptions), a clear understanding of OS security fundamentals, solid computer science skills, and a passion for keeping Microsoft customers safe. As an intern at Microsoft, you’re stepping into a world of real impact from day one. You’ll collaborate with global teams on meaningful projects, explore cutting-edge technologies like AI, and kick start your career while doing it. With a strong focus on learning and development, this is your opportunity to grow your skills, build community, and shape your future—all while being supported every step of the way. 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. Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
Requirements
- Candidate must be enrolled in a full time bachelor's or masters program in an area relevant for the role during the academic term immediately before their internship.
- Must have at least one semester or term of school remaining following the completion of the internship.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with reading C/C++
- Participation in security competitions such as Capture the Flag (CTF)
- Experience exploiting bugs (e.g., buffer overflows, use-after-free) and bypassing security mitigations in operating systems
- Hands-on experience creating and running fuzzers (e.g., AFL, libFuzzer)
- Experience with reverse engineering and binary analysis using tools such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra
- Experience with debuggers or other dynamic analysis tools such as WinDbg, GDB, LLDB, Frida, Pin, angr, etc.
- Proficiency in code auditing and performing static analysis to identify vulnerabilities
Responsibilities
- Participate in security reviews to identify and mitigate risk in Microsoft products, including design reviews, code reviews, and fuzzing
- Be the security contact for teams building new innovative products and technologies in the next version of Windows and Azure
- Identify security vulnerabilities in a wide variety of key OS features such as network protocols, security features, and Microsoft devices
- Leverage a broad and current understanding of security to devise new protections
- Interact with the external security community and security researchers
- Collaborate with product teams to improve security, and articulate the business value of security investments
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
