Windows Kernel / Device Driver Systems Engineer

Must Have Skills:

• Experience with Windows validation, servicing, security testing, or systems engineering.
• Ability to understand C/C++ systems or driver code.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Windows build environments, VMs, and TAEF or similar test frameworks.
• Working knowledge of PowerShell and command-line tools.
• Experience with WinDbg, crash dumps, PDBs, symbol servers, and call-stack analysis.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills.

Preferred:

• Previous MSRC or security-servicing experience and familiarity with Windows drivers, ETW, Hyper-V, Driver Verifier, and Python automation.

Responsibilities

• Review MSRC bugs, repro steps, affected components, fixes, and branches in Azure DevOps.
• Analyze relevant Windows C/C++ source code and develop validation plans.
• Build, sign, and deploy Windows components or drivers to test VMs.
• Create or adapt TAEF tests and compare behavior before and after the fix.
• Collect test results, logs, ETW traces, dumps, and supporting evidence.
• Perform basic user-mode and kernel-mode debugging using WinDbg.
• Configure symbol paths, locate matching PDBs, and analyze symbolized call stacks.
• Troubleshoot build, deployment, VM, symbol, and test failures.
• Produce standardized reports covering the issue, validation approach, results, evidence, risks, and conclusions.
• Update Azure DevOps work items with status and artifact links.