Information Security Intern

Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer.

About the internship:

Stagshore is hiring an Information Security Intern for Dec 2026. Our Cloud Security team runs vulnerability scans, reviews cloud settings and handles phishing reports. The intern helps with all of it. You can work from home anywhere in India. We have no office requirement.

Your projects:

• Track open vulnerabilities in Jira and follow up with owners on fixes.
• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk.
• Help review access lists and remove accounts that are no longer needed.
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets.
• Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence.
• Research new CVEs that affect our stack and summarise them for the team.
• Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists.
• Test our own web apps for OWASP Top 10 issues using Burp Suite, within the agreed scope.

Basic qualifications:

• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection.
• Women wanting to start or restart their career can also apply.
• Some scripting in Python or Bash.
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls.
• Basic knowledge of common web attacks such as XSS, SQL injection and CSRF.
• Hands-on practice through TryHackMe, Hack The Box or college labs.
• Strong sense of ethics. You will see sensitive data and must stay strictly within scope.

Preferred qualifications:

• Basic understanding of Active Directory.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 or NIST frameworks.

What you'll learn:

• Certificate and recommendation letter on completion.
• You will work on real security alerts and vulnerability findings, not lab exercises.
• How audit evidence, policies and technical controls fit together.

Program dates: Dec 2026, 2 months.

Pay: ₹29,000 to ₹31,000/month

Benefits for interns:

• Internet allowance.
• Performance bonus.
• Informal dress code.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• Free access to paid learning courses.
• 5 days a week.

We look at every application, usually within a week.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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