Security Research Internship

2 months, 1 week ago
Internship
Entry Level
Cybersecurity

Description

  • Develop analysis tools to facilitate security discovery and design mitigation techniques to deter security threats.
  • Perform vulnerability discovery and develop proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits against large distributed system implementations.
  • Review and analyze system implementations of sandboxes, virtual machines (VMs), network modules, and other critical distributed system components.
  • Conduct research in malware analysis, vulnerability detection, network anomaly detection, mobile app analysis, reverse engineering, and fraud detection.
  • Collaborate with the research team to define, prioritize, and execute multiple research tasks and experiments.
  • Publish research findings in academic and industry venues.

Requirements

  • Pursuing a Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a cybersecurity-related field.
  • Experience in vulnerability discovery and exploitation on web applications or system software.
  • Familiarity with sandboxing, VM internals, network modules, and distributed system implementations.
  • Experience with WASM, Rust, or Go development (preferred).
  • CTF (capture-the-flag) or similar hands-on security competition experience (preferred).
  • Experience or interest in malware analysis, reverse engineering, mobile app analysis, or network anomaly detection.
  • Ability or interest in preparing publishable research (academic or industry venues) (preferred).
  • Willingness and ability to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States upon hire.

Benefits

  • Internship compensation range: $3,000–$8,000 per month (full-time); exact amount based on skills and experience.
  • Remote and on-site options (New York, Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, or Remote).
  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance (offered to full-time employees).
  • 401(k) plan with company matching.
  • Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, HSA (with high-deductible plan), and FSA.
  • Flexible paid time off and holidays.

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company website

Apply Now

Similar Roles

Director of Security/GRC

Censys 51-250 IT Services

Censys is hiring a Director of Security & GRC to lead corporate security, risk, and compliance programs for a remote U.S. team supporting internet intelligence operations.

AWS Azure Cybersecurity GCP SIEM
2 hours, 5 minutes ago

Trainee IT Consultant IT-Security (m/w/d)

mindsquare 251-1K Internet Software & Services

mindsquare sucht einen Trainee für IT-Consulting, der sich im Bereich IT-Security innerhalb der ersten Jahre zum Senior IT Consultant entwickelt.

Salesforce SAP SAP ABAP
13 hours, 11 minutes ago

Associate, SOC Assessment

Coalfire 251-1K Internet Software & Services

Coalfire is hiring a remote Associate in SOC Assessment to evaluate client security and compliance controls for hyperscale cloud providers against regulatory, industry, and best-practice frameworks.

Cybersecurity
19 hours, 17 minutes ago

Senior Security Architect - AD/Entra (Remote in the US)

GuidePoint Security 251-1K Internet Software & Services

GuidePoint Security is hiring a Senior Security Architect for its IAM team to implement and enhance AD/Entra ID solutions in a fully remote role supporting client identity and access management needs.

Active Directory OAuth OpenID Connect Oracle PowerShell SAML
1 day ago

You're on a roll! Sign up now to keep applying.

Sign Up

Already have an account? Log in

Used by 14,729+ remote workers