Microsoft Research is building new tools to automate the search for unknown malicious software. We are the growing, evolving team behind Microsoft’s OneFuzz, Project Freta, and other new security tooling initiatives. The goal of our group is to make a difference for Microsoft’s customers by building high-trust discovery mechanisms into Azure, the world’s computer. Our group builds and sometimes Open Sources memory-safe security tooling with the Rust language. We work with the latest foundation models to create reverse engineering and malware discovery tooling. Our distributed team includes remote work opportunities and regularly interfaces with engineering teams across the globe. We invite you to consider joining our team as we learn together.
As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be part of a small team environment involved in rapid prototyping, compatibility engineering, and the invention of new capabilities in the security space.
If you’re excited about joining the security field, growing an existing security career, automating reverse engineering and software exploration, learning or continuing with Rust, or building a more trustworthy cloud, please seek out this role.
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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop new LLM-agent based methods of interacting with reverse engineering tools.
- Harness reverse engineering tools for automated use
- Gain expertise in using and developing automated reverse engineering frameworks
- Work with real-world malicious software as test data
- Participate in communications and research outreach
- Develop software in Rust and Python in cloud-native environments including containers
- Embody our culture and values
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience with Python
- Experience developing software in or an interest in learning the Rust programming language.
- Experience with reverse engineering or source code analysis, or an interest in learning these skills
- Experience in Windows Operating Systems and apps security
- Experience with volatile memory forensics tools
- Experience with static analysis tools
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