Information Security Intern

Headquartered in Toronto since 2004, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. We started in 2004 and have grown to about 910 people.

The internship:

This is a blue team internship first. Most days involve reviewing alerts, checking configurations and writing up findings. Remote position. Most of the team is in Toronto, but nobody is required to come in. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Day to day:

• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk.
• Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks.
• Research new CVEs that affect our stack and summarise them for the team.
• Review alerts in our SIEM (Wazuh or Splunk) and escalate anything suspicious.
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls.
• Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence.
• Help review access lists and remove accounts that are no longer needed.
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets.

What we're looking for:

• Eligible to work in Canada.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship.
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls.
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, IT, Cyber Security or a related field, graduating in between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Willing to complete a basic background check before access is granted.
• Comfortable on the Linux command line.
• Strong sense of ethics. You will see sensitive data and must stay strictly within scope.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of cloud security in AWS or Azure.
• CTF participation or published writeups.
• Experience with Wireshark, Nmap or Burp Suite.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $26.50 - $31.00 per hour

Perks:

• Return offer opportunities.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Paid company holidays.
• Company laptop.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

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

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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