Application Security Intern

Over 45,800 employees work across sales, engineering, consulting and the SOC. Nobody gets in trouble for clicking a test phish. You report it and move on.

The program:

Graniterun is hiring an Application Security Intern for Immediately. Our Governance and Compliance team runs vulnerability scans, reviews cloud settings and handles phishing reports. The intern helps with all of it. Remote within the US. The team meets in Chicago once a quarter, travel covered. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Responsibilities:

• Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists.
• Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff.
• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk.
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls.
• Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks.

What we're looking for:

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls.
• Strong sense of ethics. You will see sensitive data and must stay strictly within scope.
• Basic knowledge of common web attacks such as XSS, SQL injection and CSRF.
• Own laptop that can run a virtual machine, and a stable internet connection.
• Willing to complete a basic background check before access is granted.

Preferred qualifications:

• CTF participation or published writeups.

What you get out of it:

• Writing findings that engineers can fix without a long back-and-forth.
• How audit evidence, policies and technical controls fit together.
• Mentoring from a security engineer with weekly check-ins.
• Hands-on time with SIEM, scanning and cloud security tools.

Program dates: Immediately, 12 weeks.

Pay: $37.50 - $50.50/hr

What we offer:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Company laptop.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Final presentation to leadership.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Graniterun Inc..