Penetration Testing Intern

About the work from home internship

Salthook Systems is looking for a cyber security intern to support our small security team with monitoring, testing and documentation. Your day-to-day work will include:

1. Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks

2. Write clear findings with severity, impact and steps to fix.

3. Review alerts in our SIEM (Wazuh or Splunk) and escalate anything suspicious

4. Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff.

5. Track open vulnerabilities in Jira and follow up with owners on fixes.

6. Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence

7. Triage phishing emails reported by staff and update block lists

Skill(s) required: Network Security, Wireshark, Linux, Nmap, OWASP Top 10

Who can apply

1. Can start immediately or within two weeks

2. Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply

3. Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)

Stipend: ₹47,000-₹64,000 monthly + incentives

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Perks: Mentorship from senior team members, Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers, Job offer on successful completion, 5 days a week

Number of openings: 6

About Salthook Systems

Our main product is a payroll and timekeeping app for hourly workforces, sold by subscription and supported from High Point. Founded in 2002, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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