Security Engineer Intern

Security Engineer Intern at Atlassian

Atlassians have the flexibility to work where they can collaborate most effectively with their team, whether at home, one of our global offices, or both.

As a distributed-first company, all interviews are conducted virtually. We hire in any country where we have a legal entity. Learn how we work at go.atlassian.com/distributed .

Your Future Org

Atlassian’s Intern program combines hands-on technical training, professional growth opportunities, dedicated mentorship, and strong social connections. This holistic approach empowers students to hit the ground running and sets them up for a successful and impactful career at Atlassian!

Applications will be accepted from Australian and New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents.

Our paid internship program runs for 12 weeks between November 2026 - February 2027.

Your Future Team

We’re looking for engineers who love to innovate, are ambitious and driven, and are excited about the opportunity to work with smart people on complex challenges.

• Product Security: Collaborate with developers to identify, resolve, and prevent vulnerabilities, ensuring our products are robust and secure. Engage in activities like source code auditing, threat modelling, and security reviews to empower engineering teams to build secure software by default.
• Corporate Security: Enhance the security of Atlassian’s internal assets and networks, safeguarding our employees and infrastructure. Work on initiatives that promote security awareness and continuous improvement across the organisation.
• Detections and Response: Engage in the critical task of monitoring and analysing logs to identify potential threats and anomalies. As part of the Detections and Response team, you'll be involved in developing and refining detection logic, creating alerts, and responding to incidents.
• Security Assessments: Develop your expertise in penetration testing and Red Team activities to evaluate and strengthen Atlassian's security posture. You'll conduct comprehensive security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Security Governance and Risk Management: Contribute to the development and implementation of security governance frameworks and risk management strategies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices into all aspects of the organisation.

Responsibilities

Are you energised by solving security challenges? We're looking for folks to help us in four important areas:

• Build and run new monitoring and analytics systems to detect compromises.
• Write automation to find and exploit vulnerabilities in our products and marketplace apps.
• Research and suggest product features to harden our software against common vulnerabilities.
• Architect and secure hardware, networks and corporate infrastructure.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Able to commit to a 12-week full-time (40hrs/week) program from November 2026 - February 2027.
• Current full-time enrolment in a Bachelors or Masters program in Software Engineering, Computer Science or other related technical program and returning to the program after the completion of the internship, graduating by January 2028.
• Innovative Engineers: We seek ambitious and driven individuals who are excited about the opportunity to work with some of the best Security Engineers in the business on complex challenges.
• Passion for Cyber Security: A strong interest in web application security, encryption, authentication, access control, and risk management is essential.
• Team Players: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams are crucial.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience programming with Java, Python, JavaScript, or other related object-oriented programming languages
• Demonstrated interest in the security field through academic coursework, previous work or internship experience, or personal projects

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit Atlassian Internships: Students and New Grads | Atlassian .

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .

Key skills/competency

• Cybersecurity
• Vulnerability Management
• Threat Modeling
• Incident Response
• Penetration Testing
• Risk Management
• Security Architecture
• Security Automation
• Software Security
• Corporate Security