Intelligence Intern - Targeted Intrusion

About CrowdStrike

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Our University Recruiting program is dedicated to attracting and cultivating the future leaders of this industry. This program offers paid positions for students and recent grads, designed to provide exposure to work that makes an impact while being supported through a structured experience with seasoned professionals. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About The Role

CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations, a core component of CrowdStrike, is seeking a motivated reverse engineer with excellent technical skills to research nation state adversary operations used in targeted intrusions. Our Technical Analysis Cell (TAC) is at the forefront of CrowdStrike’s mission against state-sponsored adversaries and criminal actors. We combine intelligence analysis with deep-dive reverse engineering and malicious code analysis, in addition to building and using automation systems to deliver actionable indicators and operational insights. This highly technical position on the TAC Targeted Intrusion team serves an important role in conducting research, increasing our coverage of the global threat landscape, contributing to the continuous tracking of targeted intrusion and nation state adversaries, and ultimately developing finished intelligence products that provide a decision advantage to customers.

What You'll Do

We are ideally looking for a specialist in targeted intrusions and tracking of nation state adversaries. That said, we are also open to applications by talented malware researchers or reverse engineers without significant knowledge in this field who are willing to rapidly expand their skills to successfully carry out the following duties:

• Technical Analysis: Discover, investigate and track advanced cyber intrusions and document findings.
• Enhance understanding of the tools and malware used in intrusions through reverse engineering.
• Develop tools to assist with automation of malware reverse engineering tasks and tracking of threat actors.
• Create host-based and network-based signatures suited for large-scale hunting, detection, and tracking of threats.
• Intelligence Reporting: Produce high-quality threat intelligence reporting for all levels of readership, including actionable mitigation and detection guidance.
• Collaborate across teams to inform various functions within CrowdStrike Intelligence and beyond about activity of interest, to coordinate adversary and campaign tracking, and to provide support to teams developing mitigation strategies and responding to incidents.

What You'll Need

• Actively enrolled in university in your penultimate year of study for Computer Science, Cyber Security or related field (2027 Graduate)
• Knowledge of reverse engineering tools (disassemblers, decompilers, debuggers) and processes (unpacking malware, reconstructing code logic, etc) combined with ongoing interest and ability to learn and self-teach new techniques.
• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages, in particular Python.
• Ability to accurately express complex technical and non-technical concepts in written, verbal and graphical products.
• Strong problem solving skills are a must.
• Team player.

Bonus Points

• Ability to interpret raw network data and to develop network signatures, as well as custom protocol decoders and decryption tools.
• Familiarity with targeted intrusions and tracking of state-operated adversaries.
• A background in intelligence is a plus.

This is a 12 week internship taking place from Monday 1st June until Friday 21st August.

What You Can Expect

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Paid holidays (including birthday holidays) and 401k matching (where applicable)
• Professional development opportunities including workshops, tech talks, and Executive Speaker Series
• Assigned mentors from across the company for continuous support and feedback
• Participation in companywide initiatives including FalconFIT, Wellness Programs, and Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Ownership of impactful projects that move the company forward
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

Key skills/competency

• Targeted Intrusion
• Reverse Engineering
• Malware Analysis
• Cybersecurity
• Python Programming
• Network Analysis
• Threat Intelligence
• Signature Development
• Incident Response
• Nation State Adversaries