About this role
Microsoft Senior Applied AI Security Researcher — Microsoft Security
A full-time security research role focused on using AI and machine learning to detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats for Microsoft Defender security services.
Key work:
- Apply AI techniques to improve threat detection and security investigations.
- Analyze large datasets to discover attack patterns and new threats.
- Build AI-powered solutions for Microsoft Defender Experts.
- Research attacker techniques across cloud, networks, endpoints, and identities.
- Collaborate with security researchers, engineers, and analysts.
- Lead experiments using AI to improve security operations.
Requirements:
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Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
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Experience in:
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Cybersecurity research
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Threat analysis
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Vulnerability research
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Large-scale computing
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AI/ML applications
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Preferred:
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Experience with generative AI and LLMs in security.
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Incident response and attacker behavior analysis.
Pay: ~$119,800–$234,700/year (higher range in SF Bay Area and NYC).
In one sentence: A cybersecurity AI research role where you develop intelligent systems that help Microsoft detect and defend against advanced cyber threats.