Full Time Opportunities for Students or Recent Graduates: Cybersecurity Microsoft
Redmond, WA

Job Description

Microsoft's Security teams are responsible for overseeing the security of Microsoft products and services that make the world a better place. At Microsoft, you will collaborate with others to solve problems and secure some of the world's most advanced services and devices.

Do you want to work on a meaningful and impactful project and make a difference? Are you willing to learn from others and open to new ideas? Do you want to support others to succeed and operate in a highly collaborative and global environment? If this sounds like you, Microsoft would like to invite you to come join us as you are, where you can find more than just a job. Read on to learn more about opportunities and apply online!

Applications to this position are considered for all available Security focused roles including the ones described below, depending on education level and/or location. To be considered for a position as a student or recent graduate, you need to be enrolled full-time as a student within 12 months from graduation majoring in an applicable field or graduated within last 12 months majoring in an applicable field.

* Currently enrolled in a full time university degree program within 12 months of graduation.
* Specialization and/or passion for Computer security
* Specialization and/or passion for distributed systems and cloud scale
* Classes in computer security, network security, application security, or reverse engineering
* Classes, certificates, or passion for computer forensics, penetration testing, security investigations, or incident response, Operating System internals, databases
* Participation in capture the flag (CTF) events
* Passion for writing secure code
* Familiarity with Big Data and Machine Learning
* Familiarity with anomaly detection and Big Data analysis
* Good understanding of algorithms and programing languages including C, C++, Java, or C# as well as scripting skills including Python or PowerShell
* Interest in cryptography

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

RolesSite Reliability Engineer (SRE)

SRE is an engineering discipline that combines software and systems engineering to design and run secure massive distributed services at cloud scale. SREs make certain that our security services, whether they are internal critical services or external facing, have high levels of performance, availability and redundancy. SREs are passionate about applying an engineering mindset to problems building automation, tools and infrastructure to solve big problems impacting our production services in a secure manner.

Software Engineer (SWE)

Software Engineers are experts in building and shipping large-scale projects. They have good technical knowledge and strong design and development capabilities. Software Engineers build the products and cloud services that Microsoft customers use, as well as the internal systems that power. Software Engineers have a passion for designing and building very large-scale systems and for building the best product and cloud services experiences to our customers.

Program Manager (PM)

Program Managers bring great teamwork, positive attitude, high-energy leadership, and engineering execution excellence to our customer-focused teams. Customer empathy and relentless drive to help customers feel more confident with our products and cloud services are key attributes for success. Program Managers strive to improve customer experience through listening to customers and landing insightful evidence with product teams that drive systemic improvements, while guiding the overall direction of a Microsoft product or cloud service.

Data Scientist

Data Scientists are experts at analyzing data and developing models across a breadth of technology platforms that power Microsoft's products and cloud services. They drive end-to-end execution of the data science process, from understanding business requirements, data discovery and extraction, model development and evaluation, to production pipeline implementation. Data Scientists assist researchers in statistical debugging, core algorithm implementation and automated offline experimentation. They have a passion for data analysis, statistical modeling, time series, change point detection, data mining, data engineering, and experimentation that systematically improves Microsoft customer experience.

Security EngineerRed Team, Penetration Testers, & Reverse Engineers

Security Engineers are experts in testing and breaking the security of Microsoft products. They seek to discover and understand vulnerabilities and weaknesses in Microsoft products, services, systems, networks, and processes. Penetration Testers conduct simulated attacks to expose vulnerabilities in a product or service, while the Red Team conducts simulated attacks against Microsoft systems, networks, and processes to also test detection and response capabilities. Reverse Engineers study newly discovered vulnerabilities and exploits, seeking to understand their root cause, and design security enhancements to mitigate entire classes of vulnerabilities.

AnalystSecurity Analyst & Threat Intel Analyst

Security Analysts are the front line that defend our customers who use Microsoft's Cloud platform and online services. They investigate, analyze, and undertake systems forensics, in addition to responding and recovering from breach or compromise. Threat Intel Analysts perform malware and exploit analysis to identify and detect new attack campaigns and targeted attacks, and to track threat actors over time. They are both passionate about strengthening our cloud defenses and defending customers from emerging security threats.