Internships in Cyber or Information Security

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NOTE:  You are not applying for a specific position.  Applying to this pipeline requisition will put you in a candidate pool that will be viewed by technical leaders and recruiters for internship opportunities across the company.  

Job Description

MITRE leverages deep technical knowledge to perform defensive cyber operations, enable offensive objectives, and conduct adversary emulation.  We develop technologies, practices, and approaches to protect critical infrastructure from malicious cyber or non-kinetic attack or disruption. We help our customers architect, assess, and acquire safe, secure, and resilient cyber systems that meet their operational needs

As an Intern working in cyber or information security, you will work with a team to apply your knowledge and gain experience with one or more of the following: 

• Adversary emulation
• Deception and adversary engagement
• Cyber effects and reverse engineering
• Cyber forensics
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Operational technology engineering and response
• Internet of Things and mobile device security
• Engineering and architecting safe, secure, and resilient systems
• Cyber policy

Required Qualifications

• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Cyber or Information Security or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
• Knowledge of cyber security principles, tools and devices, such as WireShark, ELK, and Splunk.
• Knowledge of cyber security systems and products
• Knowledge of cyber security operations
• Sustained excellence in academic performance
• High level desire to help their nation solve its most critical challenges

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with design recovery, software analysis, and/or reverse engineering tools
• Experience using cyber security systems and products
• Experience in cyber security operations
• Experience developing cyber policy
• Proficiency in one or more of the following--Java, Python, XML, HTML, C#, Objective C; database design & development including SQL.

Clearance: In addition to passing MITRE’s employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance.  Please see adjudicative guidelines for receiving a clearance, to include U.S. citizenship [LINK].  Other jobs may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs determination consistent with the work program to which you are assigned.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$42,000 - $52,500 - $63,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid