Penetration Tester

About This Role

Strengthen the security posture of Microsoft’s critical and high-impact online services by identifying security vulnerabilities through penetration testing, contributing to security automation, and conducting security research.

Responsibilities

• Identify security vulnerabilities and variants across critical cloud services
• Perform source code reviews, dynamic analysis, and operational security assessments
• Validate software quality and adherence to security development practices
• Work with engineering and defense teams to improve detection, response, and operational awareness
• Contribute to static and runtime analysis capabilities to detect software security issues
• Help design automated analysis workflows for managed code and modern web services
• Explore and prototype automation that improves consistency, speed, and depth of security assessments
• Stay current on offensive security tactics, penetration testing tools, and defensive techniques
• Conduct research that supports training and awareness for internal engineering teams
• Support innovation efforts across MSC Security, including tooling, methodology improvements, and knowledge sharing

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field

Nice to Have

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in security or related field OR equivalent experience.