Member of Technical Staff (Senior Security Researcher)

Technology, Data & Digital · IT Infrastructure & Security · Cybersecurity · Data Science · Machine Learning

In short

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Security Researcher to join their AI Red Team. This role involves emulating security experts to find and exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft's large-scale AI systems, focusing on cyber and national security risks. The position requires a background in cybersecurity, national security, and AI testing, with opportunities to work with cutting-edge AI models and contribute to making AI safer for millions of users.

Responsibilities

Discover and exploit GenAI security vulnerabilities end-to-end to assess AI systems, focusing on cyber and national security.
Manage product group stakeholders as priority recipients and collaborators for operational sprints.
Drive clarity on communication and reporting for red teaming peers when working with product groups.
Develop methodologies and techniques to scale and accelerate cyber and national security AI Red Teaming in new and emerging threat areas, including open source models.
Work alongside traditional offensive security engineers, adversarial ML experts, and developers to land responsible AI operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience OR Master's Degree AND 3+ years related experience OR Doctorate AND 1+ year(s) related experience OR equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Must provide proof of country of citizenship or U.S. permanent residency/protected status for export control assessment.
Citizenship will be verified with a valid passport; lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents.

Desired Qualifications

Experience of using common penetration testing tools; Kali Linux, Burpsuite, Nmap, Nessus, etc.
Familiarity with one or more programming languages from: Python, C#, C/C++, PowerShell.
Background in development, red teaming, pentesting AND national security.
Prior knowledge of Generative AI not required, though experience testing agents is preferred.
Basic familiarity with AI or willingness to learn is desired.

Benefits

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year.
In San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Skills

PythonC#C/C++PowerShellKali LinuxBurpsuiteNmapNessus

#AI#Cybersecurity#Red Teaming#National Security#GenAI#Security Research#Vulnerabilities

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