Security Engineering Intern

About Front Range Computer Services

Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

About the role

This is a blue team internship first. Most days involve reviewing alerts, checking configurations and writing up findings. Remote within the US. The team meets in Huntsville once a quarter, travel covered.

What you'll do

• Write clear findings with severity, impact and steps to fix
• Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets
• Research new CVEs that affect our stack and summarise them for the team
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls
• Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence
• Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff
• Monitor dependency alerts from Dependabot and Snyk

Requirements

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• 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
• Comfortable on the Linux command line
• Good understanding of networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, ports and firewalls

What you'll learn

• You will work on real security alerts and vulnerability findings, not lab exercises
• Hands-on time with SIEM, scanning and cloud security tools

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $36.50 to $51.50 per hour

What we offer

• Final presentation to leadership
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Flexible hours
• Learning and development stipend
• Company laptop
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Front Range Computer Services LLC.