Principal Security Researcher
Microsoft•Cambridge, England, UK
fulltime
Information Technology
8+ years
Overview Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
Do you have a passion for helping Microsoft’s clients defend themselves against targeted exploitation?
Are you interested in being intimately involved in the latest, cutting-edge developments in the security industry and having a direct impact on the security of all Microsoft customers?
Do you want to be on the front lines of helping our customers go toe-to-toe against advanced adversaries?
Are you interested in a fast-paced job full of new opportunities?
If so, you may be a fit for a Principal Security Researcher role for the Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage (GHOST) team!
We are looking for a Security Researcher with engineering experience and strong analytical background to join our team. The role combines development of tools, engineering scalable systems, and using those systems to assist with investigations. By applying engineering skills as an active member on investigations, you will incubate investigation best practices from experiments to scalable solutions that can be applied to proprietary solutions, Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, to protect worldwide enterprise customers and empower customers to protect themselves via constantly improving Microsoft products.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities This role is part of a collaborative team, assisting our customers with:
Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications
Other Requirements Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Additional Or Preferred Qualifications
Technical/Investigation/Cybersecurity/Digital Forensics/DFIR certifications
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.