Security Research IC4 Danut (2)

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Microsoft defender agent group is building an industry leading security product that is deployed in tens of millions of devices: Windows, Windows Server, macOS and all common Linux enterprise distributions. The group puts an emphasis on top-notch engineering and quality to deliver innovative sensors and a highly stable platform.
Microsoft Defender Security Research team is a global team of security researchers, advanced threat hunters, and agile malware responders at the forefront of protecting the Microsoft ecosystem from emerging security threats. Our research powers protection in products like Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Office 365, Azure, and more.
We are an industry leading threat research lab that does in-depth threat research with threats and exploits to help keep our customers safe. If you are an experienced security researcher who is looking to make a significant impact in the security industry, we would love to talk to you!
Are you interested in radically improving the security of Microsoft’s products
Do you want to work on cutting edge malware analysis systems
Are you committed to helping Microsoft customers keep their computers secure and combating evolving malware threats
We are looking for a Senior Security Researcher with experiences working with all service aspects of high throughput and multi-tenant services, ability to design components carefully, properly handle errors, write clean and well-factored code with tests and maintainability.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar
• 5+ years of computer security industry experience utilizing reverse engineering and knowledge of security/threat landscape.
• Development skills with C, C++, C and scripting languages (Python/Powershell)
• Reverse Engineering skills: familiar with debuggers, disassemblers, network protocols, file formats, sandboxes, hardware/firmware internals, software communication mechanisms
• Strong knowledge of Windows operating system internals and modern security problems
• Excellent cross group and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate the business need for security or detection improvements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SLMs, fine-tuning is a plus

Responsibilities

• Conduct research that yield new insights, theories, analyses, data, algorithms, and prototypes that advance state-of-the-art of malware protection.
• Investigate, analyze, and learn from security researchers, attackers and real incidents in order to develop durable detection solution/strategies across the kill-chain or product/OS enhancements.
• Work with other internal and external teams to forge new and improve existing partnerships that help mature the product.
• Provide exemplary leadership in an exceptionally challenging and rewarding environment and influence the organization.
• Collaborate with other researchers, coordinators, and developers to improve the protection capabilities of the products.
• Help advance the Security of AI systems

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees