Senior Security Researcher

Come and be part of the team building one of Microsofts 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. 

Microsofts 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.

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