Cyber Security Intern

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

Internship overview

DBS Digital is hiring a Cyber Security Intern for Immediately. Our Application Security team runs vulnerability scans, reviews cloud settings and handles phishing reports. The intern helps with all of it. You will intern remotely with our team in Lakewood. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

Your projects

• Test our own web apps for OWASP Top 10 issues using Burp Suite, within the agreed scope.
• Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists.
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets.
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls.
• Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks.

Basic qualifications

• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Willing to complete a basic background check before access is granted.
• Hands-on practice through TryHackMe, Hack The Box or college labs.
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, IT, Cyber Security or a related field, graduating in 2027.
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls.

Preferred qualifications

• Basic understanding of Active Directory.
• Experience with Wireshark, Nmap or Burp Suite.

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.

Program dates: Immediately, 1 month.

Pay: $550 - $750/month

Benefits for interns

• Job offer on successful completion.
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• Free access to paid learning courses.
• Internet allowance.
• Performance bonus.

Duration: 1 month. Start: Immediately.

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