Principal Security Researcher

3 weeks ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Microsoft Full time
Overview

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is dedicated to building the most trusted devices and services while ensuring the security of every aspect of the business. As a steward of Microsoft and customer data, MSRC is responsible for company-wide information security and compliance, with a strategic focus on information protection, assessment, awareness, governance, and enterprise business continuity.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Principal Security Researcher to join our Global Hunting, Oversight, and Strategic Triage (GHOST) team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments, identifying potential threats, and providing recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture.

Responsibilities
  • Lead analysis of attacker activity in on-premises and cloud environments
  • Identify potential threats and provide recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture
  • Notify customers regarding imminent attacker activity
  • Provide recommendations to improve customers' cybersecurity posture
  • Build proof-of-concept and prototype threat hunting tools, automations, and new capabilities
  • Drive product and tooling improvements by conveying learnings from threat hunting and incident response at scale to engineering partner teams
  • Identify, prioritize, and target complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers
Requirements
  • 7+ years experience in large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
  • OR Experience with threat hunting/digital forensics/reverse engineering/incident response
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Preferred Qualifications
  • Investigation/Cybersecurity/Digital Forensics/DFIR certifications
  • Technical certifications based on domain (e.g., Azure, SharePoint)
  • Experience with Active Directory and/or cloud identity
  • Experience with sophisticated threat actor evidence
  • Use of forensic analysis tools
  • Microsoft Azure and/or Office365 platform knowledge and experience
What We Offer

Microsoft offers a range of benefits and perks, including industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, discounts on products and services, and generous time away. We also offer opportunities to network and connect with other professionals in the field.

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