Senior Penetration Tester

We are looking for a Senior Penetration Tester to join our team! Are you looking for a challenge that puts you at the center of the Microsoft Edge + Platform Security Fundamentals (EPSF) strategy? Are you passionate about solving the security challenges of critical online services? Are you passionate about Penetration Testing?

Microsoft's EPSF (Edge + Platform Security Fundamentals) team is responsible for securing some of Microsoft's largest and most influential online services in the Azure Edge & Platform (AEP) organization and Windows Devices organization (W+D). The EPSF Services Pentest (SERPENT) team needs an Offensive Security Engineer to increase our business partners' security posture.

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.

Responsibilities

EPSF Security has a world-class penetration testing team that helps ensure a secure experience for millions of users worldwide. We primarily focus on offensive security and application security and work closely with our defense teams to continually improve our operational awareness.

Job responsibilities:

• Penetration Testing: Identify security vulnerabilities and their variants in critical services using various techniques such as source code reviews, dynamic analysis, operational security assessments etc. and validate software quality following our development standards.
• Security Automation: Participate in developing static and runtime analysis capabilities to find software security bugs quickly and with high confidence. Push the cutting edge when it comes to automated analysis of managed code and modern web services.
• Research, Training, and Tool Development: Perform research to stay current with bleeding edge of penetration testing, offensive, and defensive tools, and tactics. Leverage the output of this research for training and awareness across EPSF Security and innovation development efforts

• Other

  • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

•  5+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.
• Experience testing web services, identifying and remediating OWASP top 10 security flaws, and understanding large complex systems quickly.
• Solid Networking/Identity Isolation, Active Directory, and Linux skills.
• Solid operational security skills

• 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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
• OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in technical disciplines outside security space, including general software development, networking, defensive security, database management, edge computing and full-stack development, is a plus.
• Demonstrated coding skills in one or more popular languages and platforms such as: C#, C++, Ruby, Python, and others.
• Bachelor of science or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information security or equivalent work experience. 
• CISSP, OSCP/OSCE, GCIA, or SANS certifications is a plus.

Penetration Testing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay a