Microsoft Senior Security Researcher 

United States, Washington 

599670553

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• Identifies, conducts, and supports others in conducting research into critical security areas, such as current attacks, adversary tracking, and the broader cyber security landscape.
• Drives change within team based on research findings.
• Ability to contribute to customer-facing products and professional community through publications.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
• Experience writing customer-facing threat intelligence products
• Experience writing on threat actors and their activities, malicious tools, common techniques, and vulnerabilities.

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Responsibilities include:

• Researching, analyzing, and contextualizing threat actor, tool, technique and vulnerability related threat intelligence.
• Writing customer-facing profiles on the latest cyber security threats.
• Creating briefings and briefing internal and external teams on the latest security threats.
• Adapting your writing style to create new content based on business needs and customer feedback.