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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Engineer
Location: Redmond, Washington, US
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 02/24/2005
Are you passionate about security? Do you enjoy coding? Do you have cool ideas
that can help make our software more secure, but don’t have time to
implement it? Do you like writing tools and seeing other people use them? If
you answer yes to these questions you may be a good candidate for a developer
role on the SWI (Secure Windows Initiative) Tools team. The team is in charge
of developing tools that make it easier for the people across the company to
develop more secure code, find and fix security issues. You will be working
with a wide variety of technologies and products, managed and native code you
will get invaluable experience and an opportunity to impact the way Microsoft
creates software. You will be collaborating with various product teams,
MSR/PPRC, FxCop, compilers, Microsoft Security Response Center, SDL and other
teams to make a new generation of tools better at finding and preventing
security holes you will be working with the SWI security engineers (AKA
ethical hackers) on analyzing vulnerability trends and coming up with new
tool ideas, and with many other teams. A BS or higher degree in CS or related
field is required, along with rock-solid C/C++ coding and problem solving
skills.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Candidates must have good knowledge of Windows architecture and understand
principles of its security model. Prior experience in a security-related field
is desirable. Knowledge of x86 assembler, cryptography, network protocols,
common security-related tools and .NET is a plus. Come work for a team where
you can spread your wings, be creative, get broad exposure, write a lot of new
code and help make Microsoft’s products more secure!
CONTACT
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Please send resumes to LeAnn Darneille at leannd@microsoft.com
LeAnn Darneille
Security Recruiter
Microsoft
leannd@microsoft.com
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