Security Assurance Intern, CTJ

About the Role

Join the Microsoft Specialized Cloud (MSC) team, building and operating products and cloud services for U.S. government customers at significant scale. As a Security Assurance Intern, you will analyze and engineer solutions to mitigate security issues through design, policy, threat modeling, assurance program design, education, thought leadership, and facilitation roles around secure software development and operational security assurance. You will support operational security, security incidents, security reviews, and reporting. You will help plan and support research into security issues and collaborate across security disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze threat trends and anomalies to determine operational impact.
• Determine vectors that introduce threats and potential mitigation strategies.
• Learn about systemic security issues and how to address them.
• Understand common deployment scenarios, dependencies, and data flow in overall analysis.
• Identify security defects or vulnerabilities and escalate as needed.
• Identify deficiencies in security guidance, determine the scope of potential impact, and involve relevant parties.
• Address security issues with customers and/or partners in a timely manner.
• Use appropriate tools to isolate and solve identified issues.
• Respond to customer and partner security issues, investigate solutions, coordinate response from appropriate parties, and follow up with customers to ensure issues are resolved.
• Escalate issues as needed.
• Contribute to analysis reports and communicate findings and recommendations to decision-makers.
• Schedule security analysis, including scope, priorities, and overall security guarantees of a solution or application.
• Adjust plans to respond to findings, schedule, and priority changes.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Security Clearance: Active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance is required.
• Citizenship: U.S. citizenship verification is required.
• Background Check: Pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree with at least one semester/term of school remaining following the completion of the internship.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.