Microsoft · 20 hours ago
Penetration Tester
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry Level
$84K/yr - $165K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is looking for a Penetration Tester to help secure its critical online services. The role involves identifying security vulnerabilities, performing assessments, and contributing to security automation efforts.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareCloud ComputingCyber SecuritySoftwareProfessional ServicesInformation TechnologyAgentic AIApplication Performance ManagementBusiness DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesManagement Information SystemsNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Identify security vulnerabilities and variants across critical cloud services
Perform source code reviews, dynamic analysis, and operational security assessments
Validate software quality and adherence to security development practices
Work with engineering and defense teams to improve detection, response, and operational awareness
Contribute to static and runtime analysis capabilities to detect software security issues
Help design automated analysis workflows for managed code and modern web services
Explore and prototype automation that improves consistency, speed, and depth of security assessments
Stay current on offensive security tactics, penetration testing tools, and defensive techniques
Conduct research that supports training and awareness for internal engineering teams
Support innovation efforts across MSC Security, including tooling, methodology improvements, and knowledge sharing
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in security or related field OR equivalent experience
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
Recent News
2026-01-16
Morningstar.com
2026-01-16
Company data provided by crunchbase