Senior Security Researcher

FILLED: Senior Security Researcher

Multiple Locations, Israel

+ 2 more locations

* No longer accepting applications
Date posted
Feb 09, 2025
Job number
1806526
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Security Engineering
Discipline
Security Research
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview

Come and be part of the team building one of Microsoft’s most exciting security products, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. As cyber-attacks have become more sophisticated, MDE helps enterprises detect, investigate, and automatically disrupt advanced attacks and data breaches on their networks. From detecting nation state actors to advanced ransomware actors in action, our research team brings deep knowledge of the attacker landscape and tradecraft to create the innovations necessary to uncover and protect against even the most well-funded adversaries.

We are seeking an experienced security researcher who is excited by uncovering unknown attacks to join our Israeli research team and focus on detecting and disrupting sophisticated enterprise attacks. The job includes researching novel attack techniques, hunting through our rich sensor data, identifying necessary optics for detecting malicious behaviour and crafting detection and protection logic to ensure compromise does not go undetected.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

BS+ in Computer Science\Computer Engineering or equivalent engineering degrees
You have 6+ years of software development/research experience
You have In-depth knowledge and experience with the security threat landscape
You have extensive, practical OS internals knowledge of Windows
You have reverse Engineering skills: familiar with debuggers, disassemblers, protocols, file formats
Excellent cross-group and interpersonal skills
Code fluency in either C#, C, Python or Rust

Preferred qualifications:

Offensive security research experience
Digital forensics, Incident response and threat hunting skills
Industry recognized author of security research papers, blogs, or books
Low-level/security knowledge of other operating systems
Familiarity with cloud environments, and hybrid cloud enterprise services

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.

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. - Experience in authoring of security research papers, blogs, or books. - Experience with Windows forensics and an understanding of key forensic artifacts, especially around lateral movement scenarios. - Experience with Cloud forensics, including identity attack artifacts and lateral movement techniques.

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Responsibilities
Investigate, analyse, and expand MDE security, by exploring real incidents, developing durable protection strategies, and circumventing threats across the entire kill-chain
You will collaborate with multiple product teams to design sensors, implement protection ideas, and validate their effectiveness using a data-driven approach
You will collaborate with data science teams to drive ML based protections, understand, and identify detection gaps, capabilities, assumptions, and improvements
Be involved in customer conversations to identify opportunities, gaps, and concerns to improve product protection value
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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.
* No longer accepting applications