Senior Application Security Engineer

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end-to-end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Do you want a career where you can continuously grow your knowledge and skills in cyber security? Do you want to connect with supportive and security-minded teammates and leaders? Then come join the M365 Application Security team! As a Senior Application Security Engineer you will get to explore new ways to find and prevent security flaws to protect millions of customers. You’ll be recognized for innovating novel techniques to secure the biggest services on the planet like Exchange, Sharepoint and Teams. You’ll work with diverse Software Developers from all around the world, to help keep our customers’ data safe.

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

1. Discovers security flaws in M365 web services leveraging penetration testing techniques and code reviews.
2. Develops vulnerability detection tools, including static analysis and innovative solutions to find flaws at scale.
3. Documents findings and remediation recommendations to effectively address vulnerabilities.
4. Reproduces exploits and works across Microsoft on root cause analysis to assess the impact to all services.
5. Collaborates with other Offensive Security personnel to leverage the latest trends and identify good opportunities to attack.
6. Builds relationships with Software Developers to provide meaningful advice to improve security.
7. Influences and guides the strategic direction of the team.
8. Mentors and coaches team members.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• At least 5 years developing or testing web applications and web APIs.
• Experience identifying security flaws using penetration testing, static and dynamic analysis.

Penetration Testing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 2024.

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.

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