AI Penetration Tester

The Trust and Integrity Protection (TrIP) team supports the company's overall security and privacy mission by providing key security services that help protect systems, services, data.

Are you interested in identifying security vulnerabilities and risks in enterprise-scale systems with specific focus on Artificial Intelligence? Are you looking for an opportunity to conducting penetration tests against some of the world's most cutting-edge technology implementations? Are you a red teamer and interested in Artificial intelligence (AI) and technology like GPT4? Do you want to find and exploit security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's largest AI systems impacting millions of users?

The TrIP Offensive Cyber Security Team is an interdisciplinary group of internal penetration testing and offensive security team, tasked with identifying security flaws across the entire Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) technology estate. As an AI Penetration Tester, you will discover and exploit vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the security of AI systems. You will also execute Penetration Testing operations on production AI systems using real world adversarial tactics and techniques to identify failures.

We are looking for an AI Penetration Tester to help make AI security better.

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.

• Discover and exploit vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the security of AI systems.
• Execute offensive operations on production AI systems using real-world adversarial tactics and techniques to identify failures.
• Develop tools and techniques to scale and accelerate offensive emulation and vulnerability discovery specific for AI systems.
• Collaborate with teams to influence measurement and mitigations of these vulnerabilities in AI systems.
• Research new and emerging threats to inform the organization including prompt injection, improve red teaming efficacy and accuracy, and stay relevant.
• Develop tools and techniques to scale and accelerate offensive emulation and vulnerability discovery specific for AI systems.
• Perform research to stay current with penetration testing tools, methodologies, tactics, and mitigations.
• Develop, operationalize and maintain penetration testing procedures and methodologies.
• Produce high-quality papers, presentations, as well as recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Research new and emerging threats to inform the organization, improve red teaming efficacy and accuracy, and stay relevant.
• Work with other Offensive Security personnel at Microsoft to leverage the latest trends, and identify good opportunities for attack.
• Discovery of Problems/Identifying Vulnerabilities in Generative AI and AI systems.

Embody our culture and values.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, PowerShell or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.
• 5+ years of experience of using penetration testing tools including Kali Linux, Burpsuite, Nmap, Nessus, etc.
• Penetration testing certifications: PNPT, GPEN/GXPN, GWAPT, OSCP/OSCE, CRT/CCT/CCSAS, or equivalent.
• Microsoft Azure Certifications: AZ-900, AZ-500. AI-900.
• Experience with MITRE ATLAS/ OWASP top 10 LLMS.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.