- Redmond, Washington, United States
- Senior
- $120K–$261K per year
- 3+ years
Compensation
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