Cybersecurity Intern

About Wheelwright Managed Services

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company has grown since 2019 by acquiring regional IT providers. Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. We started in 2019 and have grown to about 310 people. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

Overview

We are preparing for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audits, and the intern will help collect evidence and update policies. Our headquarters is in Abu Dhabi, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Abu Dhabi team on daily calls and get a named mentor. You will work Dubai business hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Help review access lists and remove accounts that are no longer needed.
• Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks.
• Track open vulnerabilities in Jira and follow up with owners on fixes.
• Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff.
• Review alerts in our SIEM (Wazuh or Splunk) and escalate anything suspicious.
• 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.

Who can apply

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Own laptop that can run a virtual machine, and a stable internet connection.
• 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.
• Some scripting in Python or Bash.

What you get out of it

• Hands-on time with SIEM, scanning and cloud security tools.
• You will work on real security alerts and vulnerability findings, not lab exercises.

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $36.50 to $47.00 per hour

Perks

• Paid sick time.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Company laptop.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Spring 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Wheelwright Managed Services FZ-LLC.