Information Security Intern - Remote

Who we are

More than 430 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

The internship

This is a blue team internship first. Most days involve reviewing alerts, checking configurations and writing up findings. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists.
• Help review access lists and remove accounts that are no longer needed.
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets.
• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk.
• Track open vulnerabilities in Jira and follow up with owners on fixes.
• Write clear findings with severity, impact and steps to fix.
• Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence.

Who can apply

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls.
• Strong sense of ethics. You will see sensitive data and must stay strictly within scope.
• Hands-on practice through TryHackMe, Hack The Box or college labs.
• Basic knowledge of common web attacks such as XSS, SQL injection and CSRF.
• Own laptop that can run a virtual machine, and a stable internet connection.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $47.50 - $50.00 per hour

What we offer

• Paid company holidays.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Flexible hours.
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Home office setup stipend.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Mid-South Interactive.