Information Security Placement

About Galescale:

Environmental permitting and compliance consulting is the newest practice area. Since 1964, the firm has done strategy and operations work for utilities and public agencies. We have been family run since 1964.

About the role:

Galescale is looking for a cyber security intern to support our small security team with monitoring, testing and documentation. Our headquarters is in Pittsburgh, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Remote internship with a team based in Pittsburgh. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET.

Day to day:

Review alerts in our SIEM (Wazuh or Splunk) and escalate anything suspicious. Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls. Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff. Research new CVEs that affect our stack and summarise them for the team. 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.

What we're looking for:

Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028. Available for the full internship period. Eligible to work in Nigeria. 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. Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, IT, Cyber Security or a related field, graduating in 2027 or 2028. Hands-on practice through TryHackMe, Hack The Box or college labs.

Preferred:

CompTIA Security+, CEH, eJPT or a similar certification.

What you'll learn:

How audit evidence, policies and technical controls fit together. Writing findings that engineers can fix without a long back-and-forth.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: ₦580,000 - ₦740,000 per month

Perks:

Certificate of completion. Mentorship. Internet allowance. Company laptop. Possibility of a full-time offer. Letter of recommendation.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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