Penetration Tester Internship Opportunities

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As a Penetration Testing Intern under supervision you will identify problems and vulnerabilities through application of engineering to dynamically penetrate software hardware or human systems. You will work on efforts that results in security bug discovery exploitation and suggested security controls and mitigations in response to security flaws. You will develop and implement pen testing strategies and apply your expertise to engineer solutions. You will help influence mitigations for current and future products and solutions.

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• Identifies security vulnerabilities within specialty/area or responsibility.
• Able to come up to speed on new targets with the help of others.
• Leverages known information channels to gain context.
• Corroborates guidance against real world observations determines and understands scope of potential impact and identifies variance or instances of known issues.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science or related field
• Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship

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.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) the EU Dual Use Regulation and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g. under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement and as a condition of employment the successful candidates citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents refugees and asylees may verify status using other documents where applicable.

Prefered Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science or related field
• CISSP CISA CISM SANS GCIA GCIH OSCP and/or Security certification

The base pay range for this internship is USD $5690.00 - $11210.00 per month. 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 $7410.00 - $12250.00 per month.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar
(September - April)

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.

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