SECURITY SOFTWARE ENGINEER II

Security 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.

Are you passionate about identifying and exploiting security vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of users across the world? Join the Microsoft Red Team (MRT) organization, where you will emulate real-world advanced persistent threats against Microsoft. Our mission is to ensure Microsoft is prepared to face and respond to even the most determined adversaries by exploring innovative ways to identify and prevent security flaws. MRT is seeking talented individuals focused on identifying, exploiting, and emulating real-world threats against Azure, ensuring the security and resilience of one of the world's largest cloud platforms.

We are looking for a Security Engineer II to execute operations and collaborate with other experienced red teamers in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across all layers of services, including application, cloud, network, hardware, and operational security domains. You will work closely with developers and security personnel from multiple teams across Microsoft. Additionally, as a Security Engineer II in MRT, you will be responsible for executing tactics, techniques, and procedures of potential attackers, while providing critical insights that empower our security teams to strengthen defenses and protect against the evolving landscape of digital threats.

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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

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Responsibilities

• Discover and exploit vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the security of services
• Execute and lead Red Team operations using real world adversarial tactics and techniques to validate a production service's ability to detect, investigate, and respond
• Advocate for security change across the company through building partnerships and clearly communicating impact of risks
• Analyze a wide array of data sources to identify potential security weaknesses and breach points within Microsoft’s infrastructure
• Prototype tools and techniques to scale and accelerate offensive emulation and vulnerability discovery
• Collaborate with Blue Teams to improve readiness and produce solutions for defenders and customers
• Analyze simulated adversary tactics and communications, enriching our defensive tactics and threat intelligence

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years' experience in any of the following: identifying security vulnerabilities, cybersecurity or related security discipline.
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Other Requirements:

• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information.  To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent resi