Senior Security Researcher - Microsoft Security

**Overview**
As cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication, frequency, and impact, we are looking for a passionate and highly skilled security researcher to join our Israeli research team within Microsoft Defender. In this role, you will work at the forefront of automated attack disruption, developing capabilities that detect and respond to advanced threats in real time, regardless of the attack workflow or stage in the kill chain. You will examine diverse and complex signals across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, hunting for emerging adversary techniques, uncovering novel patterns of malicious behavior, and transforming research findings into practical, scalable protection. Your work will span from the earliest ideation stages to production-ready, customer-facing capabilities: researching and modeling attack techniques, identifying the necessary telemetry, designing robust detection logic, and ensuring that our automated disruption mechanisms can respond effectiv...