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Security Researcher II - CTJ - TS/SCI
Reston, VA
Job Description
OverviewSecurity represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft's mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers' heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. The mission of Microsoft Digital Security & Resilience (DSR) is to enable Microsoft to build the most trusted devices and services, while keeping our company safe and our data protected. As part of the Microsoft Security organization, and a steward of Microsoft and our customer's data, a core function of Microsoft DSR is ensuring the security of every aspect of the business. Microsoft DSR is responsible for company-wide information security and compliance, with a strategic focus on information protection, assessment, awareness, governance, and enterprise business continuity. As customer zero, we deploy and secure these services inside Microsoft and then share best practices with enterprise customers at scale across the globe.We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more! Do you want to join the Microsoft Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage team (GHOST) as a Senior Security Researcher?Do you have a passion for helping Microsoft's clients defend themselves against targeted exploitation? Are you interested in being intimately involved in the latest, cutting edge developments in the security industry and having a direct impact on the security of all Microsoft customers? Do you want to be on the front lines of helping our customers go toe-to-toe against advanced adversaries? Are you interested in a fast-paced job full of new opportunities? If so, you might be a candidate for GHOST. We are looking for an experienced Security Researcher II with a demonstrated analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. . Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications to protect worldwide enterprise customers and empower customers to protect themselves via constantly improving Microsoft products. By applying to this position, you are applying to multiple career stages. 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.
ResponsibilitiesThis role is part of a collaborative team, assisting our customers with:Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environmentsIdentifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incidentNotifying customers regarding imminent attacker activityProviding recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscapeBuilding proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilitiesDriving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teamsIdentifies, prioritizes, and targets complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creates and drives adoption of relevant mitigations and provide proactive guidanceWorks with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Shares across teams. Drives change within team based on research findings.Embody our culture and values
ResponsibilitiesThis role is part of a collaborative team, assisting our customers with:Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environmentsIdentifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incidentNotifying customers regarding imminent attacker activityProviding recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscapeBuilding proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilitiesDriving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teamsIdentifies, prioritizes, and targets complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creates and drives adoption of relevant mitigations and provide proactive guidanceWorks with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Shares across teams. Drives change within team based on research findings.Embody our culture and values
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