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Microsoft · 3 days ago

Senior Software Security Engineer

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$117K/yr - $229K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Participate in security reviews to identify and mitigate risk in Microsoft products, including design reviews, code reviews, and fuzzing

Be the security contact for teams building new innovative products and technologies in the next version of Windows, Azure, and devices

Identify security vulnerabilities in a wide variety of key OS features such as network protocols, security features, and Microsoft devices

Leverage a broad and current understanding of security to devise new protections

Interact with the external security community and security researchers

Collaborate with product teams to improve security, and articulate the business value of security investments

Qualification

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Security vulnerabilitiesSoftware developmentLarge-scale computingModelingCyber securityAnomaly detectionOperating systemsNative applicationsMicrosoft security screeningProblem-solvingCommunicationAdaptabilitySecurity ResearchVulnerability DiscoveryBug ExploitationSecurity MitigationsMicrosoft Windows Architecture

Required

5+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.

3+ years identifying vulnerabilities in operating systems and/or native (C/C++) applications.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

Preferred

Public track record of relevant security research, especially around vulnerability discovery

Experience exploiting bugs and bypassing security mitigations in operating systems

Familiarity with Microsoft Windows architecture

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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