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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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

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https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

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

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