Cyber Security Engineer Intern
About the role
ARL's purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.
Responsibilities
- Compliance enforcement
- SIEM configuration and security administration
- Vulnerability Management
- Audit and security checks
- Automation and process improvement
- Compliance documentation updates
- Technical writing in policy, process, and procedures
- Hardware and Software reviews
Required skills and experience
- Excellent communication, customer service, technical writing, and organizational skills
Preferred skills and experience
- Configuration, installation, and support of desktop computing equipment as well as programming
- Microsoft Windows and Linux systems in a domain environment
- Familiarity with defensive cyber tools such as Firewalls, SIEM, XDR/EDR, CASB, FIM, IDS/IPS
- Networking fundamentals
- System administration and troubleshooting
- Scripting (bash, python, etc.)
- Compliance or auditing
- NIST documentation (e.g. 800-171, 800-53)
- STIG
Qualifications
Students studying within the field of Information and Cyber Security, Information Science and Technology, or Computer Science/Engineering are encouraged to apply.
Pay and Schedule
The successful candidate will work up to 20 hours/week during the fall and spring semesters, and 40 hours/week over the summer. This is a paid internship opportunity located at ARL in State College (primarily operating out of a Science Park Road location).
Relocation and housing are not provided.