Cyber Security Placement Student

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. We're looking for a Cyber Security Placement Student. DCE IT is looking for a cyber security intern to support our small security team with monitoring, testing and documentation. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in San Antonio, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time.

What you will do:

• Review alerts in our SIEM (Wazuh or Splunk) and escalate anything suspicious
• Help review access lists and remove accounts that are no longer needed
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls
• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk
• Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Based in Uruguay for the duration of the internship
• Own laptop that can run a virtual machine, and a stable internet connection
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls
• Some scripting in Python or Bash

6 months, starting Feb 2027. Stipend: $1,750 - $2,450 per month.

Perks: Online learning budget, Letter of recommendation, Paid public holidays, Internet allowance.

We review applications as they come in.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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