Research Intern - Security Research Group Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

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Research Scientist II

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision...

Location

India , Hyderabad

Salary:

Not provided

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Master's Degree in relevant field AND 1+ year(s) related research experience
Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 2+ years related research experience
OR equivalent experience
Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check
Doctorate in relevant field OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 5+ years related research experience OR equivalent experience
Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor
Experience participating in a top conference in relevant research domain
Strong track record in cross-functional product development and delivering measurable impact through data-driven iteration

Job Responsibility

Build and expand collaborative partnerships across product, engineering, and research groups inside and outside Microsoft
Provide growing expertise that accelerates technology transfer, strengthens data security practices, and advances internal tools, benchmarking efforts, patent filings, and whitepaper development
Contribute to cutting-edge research by collaborating with peers and engineering teams to advance existing projects, develop new ideas, and publish high-quality papers
Coauthor or lead publications for top-tier conferences and journals with impact on par with postdoctoral research output
Drive research projects to completion, delivering novel algorithms, prototypes, theories, datasets, tools, or insights that meaningfully advance one or more open research problems
Uphold Microsoft’s commitments to security, ethics, and privacy by incorporating responsible research practices into data collection, experimentation, and system design
Support the development of trustworthy, robust, privacy-preserving, and ethically aligned technologies
Help define clear research problems and goals, contributing to the formulation of compelling problem statements and feasible research plans with measurable impact
Develop deep understanding of the state of the art, tracking new methods, tools, and breakthroughs in the research community
Contribute domain expertise in multiple specialized techniques to guide project planning, scoping, and execution

Fulltime

Investment Officer, Private Debt

Heitman is seeking an Investment Officer to join our Private Debt Investment tea...

Location

United States , Chicago

Salary:

150000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year

Heitman

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Minimum 8 years of investment experience, with a preference for candidates at VP and SVP levels
Proven experience as an Investment Officer in originations or acquisitions, with a background in private debt origination, equity acquisitions, joint venture equity investing, or non-recourse senior debt
Strong analytical skills across the investment risk spectrum, with a solid understanding of financial modeling and valuation of value-add assets
Familiarity with legal documents including joint venture agreements, mezzanine loan documents and senior loan documents
Extensive network of contacts and relationships in various investment channels, with a strong reputation in the investment community
Strong academic background
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or a related field
Excellent negotiation and business development skills
Strong financial acumen, including knowledge of senior financing, mezzanine, and preferred equity
Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to take smart risks

Job Responsibility

Establishing and maintaining operator, developer and broker relationships
Evaluating investment opportunities, assessing risks, and identifying ways to optimize risk and return via market selection, asset selection, business plan evaluation, and capital structure
Conducting valuation analyses, negotiating terms, performing due diligence, and preparing materials for presentation to investment committee
Coordinate with relevant internal groups including research, asset management, due diligence and others to gain consensus on investment opportunities
Present opportunities to senior lenders to secure necessary leverage to achieve targeted returns
Coaching and managing junior investment professionals.

What we offer

Competitive compensation
Annual bonus plan
Leading-edge, human-centric benefits package.

Fulltime

New

Senior Applied Scientist

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analyti...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check

Job Responsibility

Establishes collaborative relationships with relevant product and business groups inside or outside of Microsoft and provides expertise or technology to create business impact
Takes initiative and drives activities such as technology transfers attempts, standards organizations, filing patents, authoring white papers, developing or maintaining tools/services for internal Microsoft use, or consulting for product or business groups. May publish research to promote receiving new intellectual property for business impact
Independently works to create product impact. Identifies approach, and applies, improves, or creates a research-backed solution (e.g., novel, data driven, scalable, extendable) to positively impact a Microsoft product or service
Designs an approach to solve significant business problems shared by a senior team member. May publish research to promote receiving new intellectual property for product impact
Brings new technology and approaches into production by applying long-term research efforts to solve immediate product needs
Collaborates with and bridges the gap between researchers (in community across the company, Microsoft Research [MSR], or in their own organizations) and development teams
Begins to negotiate across teams to ensure cutting edge technology is being applied to products in a practical way that meets key business objectives
Develops an understanding of research approaches used across a group or organization to leverage (and not re-invent) solutions
Serves as an expert within product domain
Gains deep knowledge in a complex or highly ambiguous service, platform, or domain

Fulltime

Red Team Operations Manager

To lead, oversee, and quality assure the execution of Red Team engagements end-t...

Location

Australia

Salary:

Not provided

Bugcrowd

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Extensive experience leading and/or managing Red Team engagements in enterprise environments, preferably across multiple industries (e.g. finance, critical infrastructure, cloud / SaaS / OT)
Deep technical knowledge of exploitation, post-exploitation, lateral movement, persistence, command & control, evasion, privilege escalation
Good knowledge and experience with Blue Team controls e.g. IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, NGFW, log analysis, detection engineering, ideally experience in bypassing or evading them safely
Solid experience with modern cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), hybrid / on-premise networks, potentially OT/IoT/industrial environments
Strong tradecraft / OpSec awareness around how to avoid detection and conduct operations with minimal operational risk
Familiarity with CREST / STAR / TIBER etc. and regulatory / compliance requirements in relevant geographies
Proven experience in threat intelligence ingestion, scenario design, mapping to relevant threat actors
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to produce high quality reports, executive summaries, interact with senior leadership, legal, compliance etc.
Good project / operations management skills with an eye for budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, interfacing external/internal teams
Ability to make real-time decisions under pressure, to balance risk vs reward

Job Responsibility

Lead multiple concurrent Red Team engagements across industries
Define, negotiate and document scope, objectives, rules of engagement, deliverables, constraints, escalation & approval pathways
Oversee milestone planning e.g. kick-offs, stand-ups, wash-ups, strategic debriefs
Manage resources e.g. operator assignments, tooling, support functions
Track engagement progress vs objectives, adjust as needed
Assess and manage technical risk ensuring that any red team activity minimises risk to customer operations, data, systems
Real-time decision making during operations around TTP deployment, bypass of defenses, managing detections or unexpected discovery
Review and approve attack plans, threat modelling, intelligence
Ensure operators employ strong operational security (OpSec), safe tradecraft, evidence collection, clean up post-engagement
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Red Team tools, adversary TTPs, defensive controls, detection systems

Red Team Operations Manager

To lead, oversee, and quality assure the execution of Red Team engagements end-t...

Location

United Kingdom

Salary:

Not provided

Bugcrowd

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Extensive experience leading and/or managing Red Team engagements in enterprise environments, preferably across multiple industries (e.g. finance, critical infrastructure, cloud / SaaS / OT)
Deep technical knowledge of exploitation, post-exploitation, lateral movement, persistence, command & control, evasion, privilege escalation
Good knowledge and experience with Blue Team controls e.g. IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, NGFW, log analysis, detection engineering, ideally experience in bypassing or evading them safely
Solid experience with modern cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), hybrid / on-premise networks, potentially OT/IoT/industrial environments
Strong tradecraft / OpSec awareness around how to avoid detection and conduct operations with minimal operational risk
Familiarity with CREST / STAR / TIBER etc. and regulatory / compliance requirements in relevant geographies
Proven experience in threat intelligence ingestion, scenario design, mapping to relevant threat actors
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to produce high quality reports, executive summaries, interact with senior leadership, legal, compliance etc.
Good project / operations management skills with an eye for budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, interfacing external/internal teams
Ability to make real-time decisions under pressure, to balance risk vs reward

Job Responsibility

Lead, oversee, and quality assure the execution of Red Team engagements end-to-end from scoping & planning, through execution, reporting, to debrief and capability development
Ensure that all operations are safe, legal, technically robust, aligned with threat intelligence, compliance frameworks, and deliver high value to customers
Act as a subject-matter expert and manager for both operations and sales / client-facing aspects of Red Team services
Lead multiple concurrent Red Team engagements across industries
Define, negotiate and document scope, objectives, rules of engagement, deliverables, constraints, escalation & approval pathways
Oversee milestone planning e.g. kick-offs, stand-ups, wash-ups, strategic debriefs
Manage resources e.g. operator assignments, tooling, support functions
Track engagement progress vs objectives, adjust as needed
Assess and manage technical risk ensuring that any red team activity minimises risk to customer operations, data, systems
Real-time decision making during operations around TTP deployment, bypass of defenses, managing detections or unexpected discovery

Protective Intelligence Analyst

The Protective Intelligence Analyst is responsible for supporting the executive ...

Location

United States , Austin

Salary:

95000.00 USD / Year

Allied Universal®

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of recent protective intelligence experience supporting executive protection teams and principals, or 5+ years of equivalent military, law enforcement, or intelligence experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Homeland Security, or related field (or equivalent operational experience).
Formal Intelligence Training certification (Military, Government, Association, or Private Sector) required.
Advanced training in threat assessment, travel risk management, or protective intelligence preferred.
Skilled in open-source (OSINT) and social media research, threat monitoring, and incident verification.
Experience producing protective intelligence products—threat assessments, travel risk reports, route/residence assessments, and pre-travel advisories.
Ability to collect, vet, and analyze information using the intelligence cycle to create accurate, actionable, bias-mitigated reporting.
Strong understanding of global security, geopolitical risks, terrorism, crime, and crisis response as they relate to executive travel and operations.
Proven ability to support EP operations in real time, providing clear, concise, and timely threat updates to decision-makers.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with protective intelligence platforms (e.g., Factal, Dataminr, Babel Street, LifeRaft, Echosec).

Job Responsibility

Threat Monitoring & Early Warning: Continuously monitor open sources, social media platforms, dark web, and client-specific intelligence tools for threats or hostile surveillance activity directed at principals, their families, residences, travel plans, or affiliated events.
Protective Research & Threat Analysis: Conduct in-depth research and analysis on persons of interest (POIs), hostile actors, and groups with the intent or capability to target principals. Assess motivations, capability, opportunity, and intent to identify potential attack indicators.
Travel Risk Intelligence: Provide proactive intelligence support to executive protection teams during domestic and international travel, including country risk assessments, route reconnaissance, hotel and venue security reviews, and incident monitoring during trips. Deliver timely updates to traveling principals and EP teams.
Protective Operations Support: Deliver actionable, real-time intelligence to EP teams in support of principal movements, protective advances, route planning, and residence/event security. Maintain constant threat environment awareness and communicate relevant changes.
Geopolitical & Environmental Risk Tracking: Monitor global and regional security issues, including terrorism, political unrest, crime trends, natural disasters, and health risks—that could affect principals’ safety during travel or at residences/events.
Actionable Reporting & Products: Produce timely, clear, and actionable intelligence products including: Threat assessments (strategic and tactical), Travel risk assessments (pre-trip and in-trip updates), Situation reports (SITREPs) and incident summaries, Route and location assessments (residences, hotels, venues, offices)
Threat Mitigation Recommendations: Provide practical, proportionate recommendations to EP teams on how to mitigate identified threats, risks, and vulnerabilities. Offer clear triggers and indicators for escalation or operational adjustments.
Database & Knowledge Management: Maintain a structured, cross-referenced database of threats, POIs, incidents, and lessons learned to support future operations and ensure continuity of protective intelligence programs.
Confidentiality & Security: Safeguard sensitive client information, personal identifiers, and operational details at all times, adhering to strict confidentiality and need-to-know principles.
Operational Integration: Serve as the intelligence liaison to executive protection, event security, and corporate security teams, ensuring protective intelligence is integrated into all protective operations.

What we offer

Employee Assistance Program
Employee Discount Program
Tuition Discount Program
Training & Career Development Programs

Fulltime

Applied Scientist

Do you want to be part of a team which delivers innovative products and machine ...

Location

United States , Redmond, WA

Salary:

100600.00 - 199000.00 USD / Year

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check

Job Responsibility

Researches and develops an understanding of tools, technologies, and methods being used in the community that can be utilized to improve M365 Copilot Chat and Search quality, performance, or efficiency
Contributes knowledge around several specialized tools/methods to support the application of business impact or serves as an expert in a deeply specialized area
Gains deep knowledge in M365 Copilot Search service and acquires knowledge of changes in industry trends and advances in applied technologies
Consults with engineers and product teams to apply the advanced concepts to M365 Copilot Search quality improvement
Collaborates to leverage data to identify pockets of opportunity to apply state-of-the-art algorithms to improve the search quality of M365 Copilot
Uses statistical analysis tools for evaluating the behaviors of deployed models and validating assumptions about the evaluation results, collaborating with other senior team members, building and communicating insights
Gains expertise in search relevance, NLP, and data-driven insights, and understands the corresponding literature and applicable research techniques
Uses understanding of approaches to identify techniques and works to create product impact
Identifies approach, and applies, improves, or creates a research-backed solution (e.g., novel, data driven, scalable, extendable) to positively impact M365 Copilot Chat and Search quality
Participates in collaborative relationships with relevant product and business groups in Microsoft and provides expertise or technology to create business impact

Fulltime

Security Intelligence Analyst

Figure is seeking a specialized and proactive Security Intelligence Analyst to j...

Location

United States , San Jose

Salary:

105000.00 - 145000.00 USD / Year

Figure

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

4+ years of equivalent experience
Demonstrated experience in intelligence analysis, preferably within protective intelligence, executive protection, or related corporate security environments
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to assess threats specific to executive protection
Proficient in utilizing intelligence tools, incident management systems, CCTV, dispatch, and protective intelligence platforms to build POI profiles, case files, and investigative products

Job Responsibility

Monitor global events and provide real-time intelligence and oversight of Figure operations
Integrate internal and external intelligence sources to research, analyze, and aggregate threat data related to executive movements, public appearances, and exposure
Conduct protective intelligence assessments to identify individuals, groups, or movements posing potential threats to executives, utilizing research skills and behavioral threat analysis techniques
Provide direct intelligence support and coordinate with both in-house and third-party security teams, ensuring actionable threat assessments and real-time situational awareness
Utilize social media monitoring, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and specialized protective intelligence tools to track potential hostile surveillance, protests, threats, or emerging risks to executives and company operations
Compile and report on senior executive travel, including upcoming travel reports and daily executive travel briefings to ensure situational awareness
Conduct ad-hoc briefings for senior security leadership on unfolding events impacting executives
Develop specialized protective intelligence products such as Executive Threat Profiles, Event Risk Assessments, and Protective Travel Advisories
Coordinate with GSOC peers to align global incident responses, escalation procedures, and the dispatch of protective services, providing frontline leadership and infusing protective intelligence capabilities across the wider team
Serve as a trusted advisor and backup to the GSOC Lead, as needed

Fulltime

Research Intern - Security Research Group

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

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