6 Senior Researcher jobs in Australia
Principal Security Researcher
North Ryde, New South Wales
Oracle
Posted 5 days ago
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Job Description
**Job Description**
**Who We Are**
Oracle's Software Assurance organization has the mission is to make application security and software assurance, at scale, a reality. We are an inclusive and diverse team of high caliber application security researchers, distributed globally, who thrive on new challenges. We are seeking experienced, hardworking, and dedicated security researchers who have genuine excitement for and interest in security to work on a critical greenfield software assurance project collaboratively with our cloud and mobile engineering teams. You must relish the challenge of assessing large, complex software products. Creativity is highly valued; being able to find novel bugs and stitch them together to create something greater than the sum of their parts is essential in this role.
**Responsibilities**
**Work You'll Do**
As a member of our team, you will work with other team members to further develop an in-house expertise in analysis of software that will help those deploying and operating the software-based system assess risk by asking relevant questions on the behavior of the software. The focus will be on identifying impactful security vulnerabilities across a variety of architectures and platforms. You will be collaborating with engineers based in Australia, UK and the United States.
Your responsibilities include contributing to the design, implementation, integration and hands-on analyses to improve the understanding the behavior of the software that is under evaluation via practical solutions.
**What You'll Bring**
+ Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related disciplines
+ 10+ years of operational experience in relevant topic such as software testing (including fuzzing, pen-testing), reverse engineering, dynamic monitoring of systems, or malware analysis
+ Experience in conducting security assessments
+ Knowledge of common exploitation countermeasures such as CFI, ASLR, etc.
+ Excellent programming skills in C, C++ and/or Python
+ Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
+ Strong analytical skills combined with good communication skills and fluent English
**Nice to Have**
+ Experience with Ghidra, AFL+, Code-analysis tools, Log analysis
+ Active participant or organizer of Capture the Flag competitions
+ Understanding of iOS and Android ecosystems
+ Understanding and appreciation of software application security
+ Experience working with geographically distributed teams
+ Ability to mentor junior engineers
**What We'll Give You**
+ Ability to work in a flexible work from home arrangement
+ An organization filled with smart, enthusiastic, and supportive colleagues
+ A team of very skilled and diverse personnel across the globe
+ The resources of a large, global operation while still having the start-up feel of a small team
**Who We Are**
We are a world-class team of high-caliber security software developers who thrive on new challenges. We are an inclusive and diverse team with a full spectrum of experience distributed globally. We have the resources of a large enterprise and the energy of a start-up, working on advancing the state-of-the-art for developers through SAST, SCA and Binary Analysis tools. We also have teams can detect attacks on complex platforms and systems. We are a dedicated team, leveraging each other's insights and abilities to produce cutting edge solutions for today's complex and inter-connected, inter-dependent, infra-structure. We value people who can use their skills to further develop and enhance our tools, as well as our procedures and playbooks. Join us to grow your career and create the future of software understanding together.
#LI-DNI
Career Level - IC4
**About Us**
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing or by calling in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
**Who We Are**
Oracle's Software Assurance organization has the mission is to make application security and software assurance, at scale, a reality. We are an inclusive and diverse team of high caliber application security researchers, distributed globally, who thrive on new challenges. We are seeking experienced, hardworking, and dedicated security researchers who have genuine excitement for and interest in security to work on a critical greenfield software assurance project collaboratively with our cloud and mobile engineering teams. You must relish the challenge of assessing large, complex software products. Creativity is highly valued; being able to find novel bugs and stitch them together to create something greater than the sum of their parts is essential in this role.
**Responsibilities**
**Work You'll Do**
As a member of our team, you will work with other team members to further develop an in-house expertise in analysis of software that will help those deploying and operating the software-based system assess risk by asking relevant questions on the behavior of the software. The focus will be on identifying impactful security vulnerabilities across a variety of architectures and platforms. You will be collaborating with engineers based in Australia, UK and the United States.
Your responsibilities include contributing to the design, implementation, integration and hands-on analyses to improve the understanding the behavior of the software that is under evaluation via practical solutions.
**What You'll Bring**
+ Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related disciplines
+ 10+ years of operational experience in relevant topic such as software testing (including fuzzing, pen-testing), reverse engineering, dynamic monitoring of systems, or malware analysis
+ Experience in conducting security assessments
+ Knowledge of common exploitation countermeasures such as CFI, ASLR, etc.
+ Excellent programming skills in C, C++ and/or Python
+ Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
+ Strong analytical skills combined with good communication skills and fluent English
**Nice to Have**
+ Experience with Ghidra, AFL+, Code-analysis tools, Log analysis
+ Active participant or organizer of Capture the Flag competitions
+ Understanding of iOS and Android ecosystems
+ Understanding and appreciation of software application security
+ Experience working with geographically distributed teams
+ Ability to mentor junior engineers
**What We'll Give You**
+ Ability to work in a flexible work from home arrangement
+ An organization filled with smart, enthusiastic, and supportive colleagues
+ A team of very skilled and diverse personnel across the globe
+ The resources of a large, global operation while still having the start-up feel of a small team
**Who We Are**
We are a world-class team of high-caliber security software developers who thrive on new challenges. We are an inclusive and diverse team with a full spectrum of experience distributed globally. We have the resources of a large enterprise and the energy of a start-up, working on advancing the state-of-the-art for developers through SAST, SCA and Binary Analysis tools. We also have teams can detect attacks on complex platforms and systems. We are a dedicated team, leveraging each other's insights and abilities to produce cutting edge solutions for today's complex and inter-connected, inter-dependent, infra-structure. We value people who can use their skills to further develop and enhance our tools, as well as our procedures and playbooks. Join us to grow your career and create the future of software understanding together.
#LI-DNI
Career Level - IC4
**About Us**
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing or by calling in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
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Senior Security Researcher
Sydney, New South Wales
Microsoft Corporation
Posted 11 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
The Cloud & AI 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.
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
This advertiser has chosen not to accept applicants from your region.
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Senior Security Researcher
Perth, Western Australia
Microsoft Corporation
Posted 11 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
The Cloud & AI 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.
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
This advertiser has chosen not to accept applicants from your region.
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Senior Security Researcher
Melbourne, Victoria
Microsoft Corporation
Posted 11 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
The Cloud & AI 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.
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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Senior Security Researcher
Brisbane, Queensland
Microsoft Corporation
Posted 11 days ago
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Job Description
The Cloud & AI 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.
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
This advertiser has chosen not to accept applicants from your region.
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Senior Security Researcher
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Microsoft Corporation
Posted 11 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
The Cloud & AI 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.
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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 **Senior Security Researcher** role for the **Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage** (GHOST) team!
We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Researcher with a strong analytical background to join our team to perform threat hunts, assist with investigations, develop threat intelligence, and to cultivate investigation best practices into Microsoft tooling and products. Researchers will support a global team to identify and catalog new attacker TTPs, victims, and deliver customer notifications 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:
+ Performing deep analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
+ Identifying potential threats, allowing for proactive defense before an actual incident
+ Notifying customers regarding imminent attacker activity
+ Providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture going forward and performing threat intelligence knowledge transfer to prepare customers to defend against today's threat landscape
+ Building proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
+ Driving product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
+ Identifying, prioritizing, and targeting complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creating and driving adoption of relevant mitigations and providing proactive guidance
+ Working with others to synthesize research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Sharing across teams. Driving change within team based on research findings.
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
o 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
o OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Proven knowledge of security fundamentals across Microsoft platforms (Client, Server, Cloud)
- Strong understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
**Other Requirements:**
**Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires New Zealand or Australian citizenship and ability to attain and hold a government issued security clearance. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .
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