Security Research Intern

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

3d

About The Position

As a Security Research Intern, you will work under supervision to design and conduct security research, including malware analysis, threat and vulnerability analysis, adversary tracking, threat intelligence, and detection and remediation development. The work focuses on understanding the threat landscape to disrupt adversaries or provide protection through defensive products and services. You will help develop solutions, including first-party mitigation, work with customers and partners, and support operational security, security incidents, security reviews, and reporting.

You will join a group developing a cloud solution that provides customers with visibility and control while helping them respond to evolving cyber threats. The group builds advanced threat detection capabilities using machine learning and behavioral profiling, and engineers a hyperscale service to defend millions of hosts. Microsoft interns contribute to real-world projects in collaboration with teams around the world.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Must have at least one additional quarter or semester of school remaining after the internship is completed.
• Must be able to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Currently pursuing a master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Analyze threat trends and anomalies to determine operational impact, identify threat vectors and potential mitigation strategies, and learn how to address systemic security issues.
• Process threat reporting from internal and external sources and provide threat data based on intelligence requirements or customer requests.
• Identify security defects, vulnerabilities, and deficiencies in security guidance.
• Contribute code and automation to address security issues, including signature detection, malware analysis, threat analysis, or reverse engineering.
• Use research and experimentation results to support architecture or product direction.
• Identify dependencies and overlaps with other teams or team members, provide input to integrate work, and communicate deliverable and dependency status to meet schedules.
• Protect tools, techniques, information, and results of security practices.
• Respond to incidents involving systems or products as needed.
• Use penetration-testing results to improve products and services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern