Security Operations Intern

About us

Our bench is in the back of a strip-mall storefront, where we image laptops and swap failed drives. We started in 2022 and have grown to about 37 people. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

The internship

This is a blue team internship first. Most days involve reviewing alerts, checking configurations and writing up findings. Our headquarters is in London, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in London. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM UK time.

Day to day

• Research new CVEs that affect our stack and summarise them for the team.
• Collect evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit controls.
• Review alerts in our SIEM (Wazuh or Splunk) and escalate anything suspicious.
• Prepare short security awareness posts and quizzes for staff.
• Track open vulnerabilities in Jira and follow up with owners on fixes.
• Update security policies and runbooks in Confluence.
• Run authenticated vulnerability scans with Nessus or OpenVAS on approved assets.
• Check AWS and Google Workspace settings against CIS benchmarks.

What we're looking for

• Eligible to work in Spain.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027.
• 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.
• Basic knowledge of common web attacks such as XSS, SQL injection and CSRF.
• Hands-on practice through TryHackMe, Hack The Box or college labs.

Bonus points

• Familiarity with ISO 27001 or NIST frameworks.
• CompTIA Security+, CEH, eJPT or a similar certification.
• CTF participation or published writeups.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: €1,750 - €2,050 per month

What we offer

• Possibility of a full-time offer.
• Certificate of completion.
• Online learning budget.
• Letter of recommendation.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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