Security Research IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Responsibilities
Identifies and conducts research into critical security areas of Microsoft, supported, and/or competitor products vulnerable to exploitation, current or potential future attacks, adversary tracking, and/or academic literature.
Researches, analyzes, and summarizes security threats and shares results across teams to incorporate into future research or as enhancements in alignment with security initiatives.
Partners cross-functionally to design solutions to prevent, detect, and/or disrupt attacks, including for integration in or addition to new/existing products or features.
Leverages artificial intelligence (AI) workflows to understand research operations and how customers use Microsoft products and identifies opportunities for solutions to deliver protection.
Creates security analysis plan that aligns product timelines, interdependencies, risks, and feature scopes.
Requirements
Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field
Lead a team of software development engineers and security engineers who design and ship the tools that neutralize third-party software and supply chain risks across AWS and the broader Amazon ecosystem.
Compensation
USA, TX, Austin - 175,100.00 - 236,900.00 USD annually
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end vulnerability mitigation strategy for third-party software across Amazon, setting goals and metrics that drive measurable reductions in risk exposure.
Design and build auto-remediation capabilities that resolve vulnerabilities at machine speed, leveraging vulnerability scanning data and defense-in-depth principles to deploy updates safely across the fleet without manual intervention.
Manage and grow an inclusive team of 11 software development engineers and security engineers through collaborative development planning, coaching, and strategic project assignments tied to individual career goals.
Partner with AWS service teams and Amazon Security peers to analyze unpublished vulnerabilities in open source software, build threat models, and implement guardrails that prevent vulnerable packages from entering the fleet.
Apply generative AI tooling to accelerate vulnerability analysis and remediation workflows, and establish data-driven reporting that keeps leadership informed on progress and outcomes.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Information Security
Instructor - Computer Information Technology - Cyber Defense
Provide classroom and lab instruction in Cyber Security/Cyber Defense at Chattanooga State campus.
Compensation
Instructor Salary Range: $41,763 - $51,154
Responsibilities
Deliver instruction in network security, operating system security, cybersecurity fundamentals, threat identification, vulnerability assessment, risk management, ethical hacking, penetration testing, security monitoring, incident response, digital forensics, access control, authentication, identity management, security policies, procedures, and industry best practices
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Cyber Defense, Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a closely related field