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Microsoft Senior Security Researcher Taiwan, Taoyuan City 820514998
09.10.2025
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Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- OR 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection.
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity with a understanding of the modern attacker kill chain, MITRE ATT&CK framework, and emerging enterprise threats—including attacks targeting identity providers (e.g., Entra, Okta) and cloud applications (e.g., Workday, Salesforce, O365, Exchange Online).
- Proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, C#, or C++.
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- OR 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to the evolving landscape of AI and large language models (LLMs), including leveraging these technologies to enhance threat detection, analysis, and response.
- Experience working with and analyzing large-scale datasets (e.g., billions of events per day).
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Ocotober 13, 2025.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Security Researcher, you will:
- Perform attacker tradecraft research and threat landscape investigation across cloud-based attacks spanning devices, identities, applications, and data.
- Partner with engineers and data scientists in a geographically distributed team to deliver innovative new product capabilities.
- Threat hunting to discover real world advanced attacks together with designing and implementing automated detection and hunting analytics combining alerts and signals across Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel security products.
- Contribute to active engagement with the security ecosystem through papers, presentations, and blogs.
- Provide subject matter expertise to customers based on industry attack trends and product capabilities.
- Cross-functional collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate business needs and advocate for product improvements.
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