Cyber Security Intern

About us

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems licence our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We started in 1994 and have grown to about 390 people. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

About the role

Remote internship on the Cloud Security team. You will work on our own systems only, with written permission and a clear scope for any testing. Our team is spread across 20 countries. Headquarters is in Charlotte. You will intern remotely with our team in Charlotte. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Responsibilities

• Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff
• Write clear findings with severity, impact and steps to fix
• Test our own web apps for OWASP Top 10 issues using Burp Suite, within the agreed scope
• Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence
• Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls

Who can apply

• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week for 6 months
• Some scripting in Python or Bash
• Hands-on practice through TryHackMe, Hack The Box or college labs
• Comfortable on the Linux command line
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, IT, Cyber Security or a related field, graduating in 2028
• Strong sense of ethics. You will see sensitive data and must stay strictly within scope

Preferred

• CompTIA Security+, CEH, eJPT or a similar certification
• Experience with Wireshark, Nmap or Burp Suite

What you'll learn

• Writing findings that engineers can fix without a long back-and-forth
• How audit evidence, policies and technical controls fit together
• You will work on real security alerts and vulnerability findings, not lab exercises

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: €3,400 to €3,500/month

What we offer

• Online learning budget
• Internet allowance
• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Mentorship

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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