[SJ-JOB] Software Engineer, Redmond
[email protected] 8 Sep 2008 20:53:37 -0000
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--------------------------------------------------- SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY --------------------------------------------------- JOB DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------- Position: Software Engineer Location: Redmond, Washington, United States Type: Permanent F/T Closing Date: 2008-10-04 Software Security Engineer Come in and help build a top-notch security infrastructure for the Microsoft Information Workers Enterprise Services (IWES) team! The IWES team is seeking a Software Security Engineer with demonstrated penetration testing and security review skills. We're looking for a star performer who’s interested in doing bleeding edge security research and penetration testing on new Microsoft products. This individual will play a key role in helping build security into the IWES team working with other testers, PMs, and developers on the team to instill a security aware culture. The key responsibilities would include: 1) Research - Being on the forefront of researching security. This includes research of externally found exploits as well as proactive research on technology bets the IWES team makes, 2) Penetration Testing - parlaying the research into actual exploits and doing in depth hacking of features and services, 3) Team Support - being an expert in security and being available to team members to answer questions and give guidance, 4) Training - Educating team members through presentations and white papers, and 5) Tools - Helping to develop a security toolset which increases the team's productivity in finding security issues. JOB REQUIREMENTS --------------------------------------------------- To thrive in this position you'll need a deep technical understanding of a broad technology set and the ability to pick up others at a rapid pace. Strong technical and communication skills, ability to deal with ambiguity, and very high level of creativity and inquisitiveness are a must. Position preferences also include a BS/MS in Computer science or equivalent experience. Previous experience with security is important, but a desire to take on big challenges and help improve the overall engineering process is equally vital. Experience with C#, C/C++, ASP.NET, HTML\Scripting, SQL, and Networking are very helpful. CONTACT --------------------------------------------------- Please email sarafl (at) microsoft (dot) com with a current copy of your resume for immediate consideration for this position. Thank you for your interest! Microsoft Sara Fleischman [email protected] --------------------------------------------------- SECURITYFOCUS JOBS --------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus now offers an online interface for searching and managing job opportunities and resumes. http://www.securityfocus.com/jobs