Microsoft is a world leader in security and is obsessed with making sure that our platform and services are secure, and we can protect our customers and their workloads. We are expanding our offensive team. The team will focus on making sure our services are built with a security-first mindset by proactively looking for breaches and vulnerabilities in the across Azure architecture and services, to make sure Azure is safe, secure, and reliable.
Overview
Are you looking for a challenge that puts you at the center of the worldwide Platform? Are you passionate about finding security breaches and vulnerabilities? Do you have Offensive mindset?
Azure Networking is one of the core organizations that build Azure, the world’s largest network, leading digital transformation, empowering, and connecting enterprises and individuals around the world. The team in Israel is specializing in Network security, developing services that protect the Azure platform, the users and apps running on top of it.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
3+ years of experience managing a security team with demonstrated leadership skills, outstanding team player with strong communication skills
6+ years of experience of hands-on exploiting bugs and bypassing security mitigations and with offensive mindset
2+ years of experience in software engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Golang, or Python
In depth understanding of cloud or OS attacks, threat modelling complex systems, vulnerability discovery
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
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 Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent engineering degrees
Public track record of relevant security research, especially around vulnerability discovery
Experience with cloud architecture
Experience with security research on cloud environments
System design knowledge
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Responsibilities
Manage the work of a security research team across multiple concurrent projects
Be a subject matter expert, leveraging a broad and current understanding of security to devise new protections and exploit mitigations
Collaborate with other security and product teams to improve security, and articulate the business value of security investments for designing and developing new security mitigations and defenses
Identify security vulnerabilities in a wide variety of key services across Azure services, network protocols and architecture
Interaction with the security ecosystem in and outside of Microsoft