Principal Security Researcher

Microsoft; Town of Texas, Irving (WI, TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to enhancing digital security for users and organizations worldwide. As a Principal Security Researcher, you'll play a vital role in analyzing and reversing malware, contributing to the development of security solutions that protect against evolving threats. This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with a team of experts committed to making a significant impact in the cybersecurity landscape. If you're passionate about security and eager to tackle complex challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with malware analysis and reverse engineering.
• Strong understanding of threat intelligence and APT behavior.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis of malicious applications and network traffic.
• Perform reverse engineering and develop detection signatures.

Skills

Malware Analysis

Reverse Engineering

Threat Intelligence

Binary Analysis

Network Forensics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Dynamic Analysis Tools

Static Analysis Tools

Forensics Software

Job description

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 are 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, 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.

About MSTIC

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is growing and looking for a seasoned Principal Security Researcher (malware reverse engineer) with experience supporting threat intelligence analysis and security services and products. Are you passionate about reversing malware? MSTIC is responsible for delivering timely threat intelligence across our products & services teams, assisting with our engineering response to security issues/incidents, and supporting government policy outreach for the company.

Our Values

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

1. Conduct triage and comprehensive analysis of known and suspected malicious applications, documents, network traffic, and artifacts to support MSTIC's threat actor pursuit mission, services, and products.
2. Perform reverse engineering and binary analysis, including dynamic and static malware analysis.
3. Develop tactical software to support triage and analysis of datasets related to APT activity and behavior, as well as APT artifact analysis.
4. Contribute host- and network-based detection signatures/scripts to various Microsoft products and services.
5. Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of offensive and defensive Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).
6. Stay informed about adversary capabilities, infrastructure, and techniques to develop methods for discovering and tracking adversaries and identifying future attacks.
7. Keep current on critical elements and data types used in threat intelligence analysis, including malware, host and log forensics, and network forensics.

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