Security Researcher II and Senior Security Researcher

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 19, 2027

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Below market

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TL;DR · Security Researcher II and Senior Security Researcher

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The Microsoft Defender Experts Team is seeking a Security Researcher II and Senior Security Researcher to join the detection and response team. In this role, you will perform root-cause analysis on rich telemetry to generate custom alerts and identify human adversary behaviors. You will build new tools and automations to support hunting objectives while providing deep research and analysis of threats impacting customers. Key responsibilities include investigating real incidents to develop durable detection strategies and collaborating with engineering and business leaders to deliver security service offerings. Required skills include experience in the software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis, modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, or anomaly detection. You will solve the technical problem of detecting advanced attacker tradecraft across the kill-chain to prevent adversaries from operating silently.

Skills

Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Analysis Cybersecurity Vulnerability Research Anomaly Detection Software Development Lifecycle Security Operations Threat Intelligence Cyber Incident Response Penetration Testing Root-Cause Analysis Automation

What you'll do

Perform root-cause analysis on security incidents to generate custom alerts.
Identify and report the latest human adversary behaviors using security signals.
Build new tools and automations to support threat hunting objectives.
Develop durable detection solutions and strategies based on research into attacker tradecraft.
Provide deep research and analysis of threats impacting customers.
Design new cloud detection and response innovations with customer security leaders.
Deliver new security service offerings by working cross-functionally with engineering and marketing.

What we're looking for

Master's Degree in a relevant field and 1+ year of experience in software development, threat analysis, or cybersecurity.
Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of experience in software development, threat analysis, or cybersecurity.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
Verification of U.S. citizenship via a valid passport.
Ability to pass Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks.
Doctorate in a relevant field (preferred).
Master's Degree and 3+ years of experience in software development, threat analysis, or cybersecurity (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in software development, threat analysis, or cybersecurity (preferred).
7+ years of experience in Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Cyber Incident Response, or Penetration Testing/Red Team (preferred).
4+ years of people/service delivery management or relevant customer interaction experience (preferred).

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