Security Research Intern

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.

We are building a cutting-edge Cloud solution that gives customers visibility and control without impeding agility and helps them stay ahead of cyber threats as they evolve. You will join the group that is responsible for advanced threat detection capabilities, leveraging machine learning and behavioral profiling to detect emerging threats and advanced attacks by engineering a hyper-scale service to defend millions of hosts.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Begin to analyze threat trends and anomalies to determine operational impact. Determine vectors that introduce threat and potential mitigation strategies. Learn about systemic security issues and how to address them.
• Process threat reporting from internal and external sources. Provide discrete threat data based on intelligence requirements or customer requests.
• Identify security defects or vulnerabilities and deficiencies in security guidance.
• Contribute code to technical implementation and automation of solutions to address security issues, such as signature detection, malware, threat analysis, or reverse engineering. Use results from research and experimentation to support architecture or product direction.
• Identify areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members. Provide constructive input so the work is integrated and timely. Communicate the status of deliverables and dependencies to meet schedule.
• Engage in measures to protect tools, techniques, information, and results of security practices. Respond to incidents for systems or products as needed. Use results of pen testing to improve products and services.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science or related field
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.