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Microsoft · 8 hours ago

Senior Security Researcher

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$117K/yr - $229K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Discover and exploit GenAI vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the safety of systems

Manage product group stakeholders as priority recipients and collaborators for operational sprints

Drive clarity on communication and reporting for red teaming peers when working with product groups, other AI Safety & Security ecosystem leads, and business decision makers

Develop methodologies and techniques to scale and accelerate AI Red Teaming

Collaborate with teams to influence measurement and mitigations of these vulnerabilities in AI systems

Research new and emerging threats to inform the organization

Work alongside traditional offensive security engineers, adversarial ML experts, developers to land responsible AI operations

Embody our Culture and Values

Qualification

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Cybersecurity experiencePenetration testing qualificationsAdversarial Machine LearningKali LinuxBurpsuiteNmapNessusPythonC#C/C++PowerShellGenerative AI familiarityBug bounties participationCTFs participationStatisticsPredictive analyticsResearch experience

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)

OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

OR equivalent experience.

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

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred

Penetration testing qualifications; GPEN/GXPN, GWAPT, OSCP/OSCE, CRT/CCT/CCSAS

Participation in bug bounties/CTFs

Experience of using common penetration testing tools; Kali Linux, Burpsuite, Nmap, Nessus, etc

Familiarity with one or more programming languages from: Python, C#, C/C++, PowerShell

Prior knowledge of Generative AI not required, but basic familiarity with AI or willingness to learn is desired

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

10001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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