Information Security Intern

About us:

Advisory services include transaction due diligence, valuation, forensic accounting and IT risk. We provide audit, tax and advisory services to private companies, public entities and nonprofits.

About the role:

Remote internship on the Cloud Security team. You will work on our own systems only, with written permission and a clear scope for any testing. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Washington, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Responsibilities:

• Help review access lists and remove accounts that are no longer needed
• Test our own web apps for OWASP Top 10 issues using Burp Suite, within the agreed scope
• Write clear findings with severity, impact and steps to fix
• 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
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets
• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk

Who can apply:

• Have their own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026 or 2027 batch)
• Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply
• Are able to join within 15 days
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls
• Some scripting in Python or Bash
• Strong sense of ethics. You will see sensitive data and must stay strictly within scope
• Own laptop that can run a virtual machine, and a stable internet connection
• Willing to complete a basic background check before access is granted

What you get out of it:

• Hands-on time with SIEM, scanning and cloud security tools
• Mentoring from a security engineer with weekly check-ins
• Writing findings that engineers can fix without a long back-and-forth

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $500 - $550 per month

What we offer:

• Laptop provided for the internship
• Internet allowance
• 5 days a week
• Certificate
• Performance bonus

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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