Security Researcher: Intern Opportunities

Every year, we welcome thousands of university students from every corner of the world to join Microsoft. You bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.    

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. The internship is designed not only for you to do great work with the opportunity to learn and grow, but to experience our culture full of diverse community connection, executive engagement, and memorable events.   

We’re a company of learn-it-alls rather than know-it-alls and our culture is centered around embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Does this sound like you? Learn more about our cultural attributes.   

The central aim of our research groups is to safeguard Microsoft's customers across a spectrum of services, devices, identities, applications, and data assets. We accomplish this by engaging in forward-looking research of our services, maintaining a competitive edge over potential threats, and delivering security solutions that empower our clientele to fortify their operational landscape.

We seek exceptional individuals with a profound passion for security. If you are deeply committed to unraveling intricate challenges and harbor a keen fascination for cutting-edge research, we invite you to unite with us in our mission. By doing so, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding countless users across the global landscape.

We are looking for talented defensive & offensive intern security researchers.

Are you ready to join us and create the future? Come as you are, do what you love—start your journey with us today!   

• Our interns work part time, all year round***
  
  

Responsibilities

As a defensive security researcher, you will be:

• Performing attacker tradecraft research and threat landscape investigation across on-prem & cloud-based attacks spanning identities and applications.
•  Threat hunting to discover real-world advanced attacks and designing and implementing automated detection and disruption actions based on alerts and signals.
•  Contributing to active engagement with the security ecosystem through papers, presentations, and blogs.
• Providing subject matter expertise to customers based on industry attack trends and product capabilities.
  
  

As An Offensive Security Researcher, You Will Be

• Conducting static code analysis on Azure services to identify vulnerabilities.
• Engaging in research and developing Proof of Concepts to identify emerging attacks.
• Translating vulnerabilities into patterns, formulating design recommendations, or implementing mitigation systems that impact all Azure services.
• Pursuing research initiatives to unveil and showcase discreet techniques aimed at challenging security tools that monitor the Azure environment.
  
  

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree in engineering, computer science or related field.
• Must have at least 3 semesters remaining until graduation, graduation date of June 2025 or after.
• Experience in Network Security research - Advantage.
• Experience with cyber threat intelligence - Advantage.
• Hands-on experience in software development - Advantage.
  
  

Due to the duration of our internships and the fixed nature of our start dates, it is not possible for Microsoft to sponsor visas or work permits. To ensure a fair process for all, you must be legally permitted to work in Israel for the duration of the internship to be eligible.

(Legally permitted = Has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit which will cover you for the duration of your internship)

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.