Cyber Summer Associate, Solutions Development

About LevelBlue’s Professional Services

LevelBlue’s Professional Services helps clients transform their cybersecurity with LevelBlue’s elite global experts — offering tailored advisory, strategic planning, testing, and forensics for the most complex environments.

Position Overview: Cyber Summer Associate, Solutions Development

The Cyber Summer Associate Program is a ten-week internship within LevelBlue’s Professional Services, designed to immerse you in both proactive and reactive cybersecurity services. As a Cyber Summer Associate, Solutions Development, you will contribute to client projects and gain essential information security skills. This role is specifically within Solutions Development (SolDev), LevelBlue's software engineering team that builds custom cybersecurity tools and platforms for consulting practices. You will work in-person in our New York lab, writing production code primarily in Python and Rust.

This paid internship commences in June with a virtual orientation, providing opportunities to meet firm leadership, participate in training, network, and attend special events. You will work directly with experienced client teams in one of our U.S. offices, contributing to diverse client projects, utilizing cutting-edge tools and technologies, and attending regular training sessions. A key component of the program is completing a research project on an impactful firm-relevant topic, culminating in a presentation at the program's end. You will be supported by managers and colleagues with robust technical backgrounds, benefiting from both a mentor and a supervisor.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform tasks related to technical consulting engagements involving digital forensics, incident response, security testing, or security advisory.
• Support teams assessing clients’ risks related to internal IT infrastructure, publicly available IT assets, and other relevant attack surfaces.
• Become proficient with industry standard tools and practices.
• Preserve and analyze data from laptop and desktop computers, servers, and mobile devices.
• Design, develop, document, analyze, test, and modify computer systems and programs.
• Conduct statistical analysis of large data sets and other investigative components of cases.
• Learn to present sophisticated technical matters and analysis clearly and concisely.
• Help uncover causes of clients’ network intrusions/data breaches, and increase knowledge of malware.
• Aid in the development of IT security risk metrics.
• Research and pilot security software (commercial and open-source).
• Assist in developing proprietary tools and programs to aid in forensic analysis, network incident response, or penetration testing.
• Work alongside our practitioners and cybersecurity specialists.
• Stay up-to-date with the current regulatory environment, industry trends, and related implications.
• Develop and broaden skills through training and research.
• Contribute to and attend in-house training sessions.
• Suggest and pursue firm-enhancing projects that draw on your skills and academic interests.

Basic Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Digital Forensics, or another quant-focused major.
• Knowledge of computer networking technologies.
• Familiarity with computer system hardware and software.
• Strong analytic, qualitative, and quantitative reasoning skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, plus attention to detail.
• Solid understanding of MS Office, and familiarity with Windows, Macintosh, and/or Linux operating systems.
• Creative problem-solving and eagerness to learn and research new skills.
• Exceptional work ethic, high level of professionalism, and commitment to ethical standards.
• Strong self-motivation and a positive mentality.
• Applicants should be rising seniors, graduating between Winter 2026 – Spring 2027, with a GPA of 3.0 or above.

Preferred Experience (Solutions Development Focus)

For the Solutions Development specialization:

• A passion for writing code, as you'll be doing it daily.
• Proficiency in Python and a statically-typed compiled language (e.g., Java, C++, Rust, Zig, Haskell).
• Knowledge of algorithms and data structures, version control with Git, and unit testing.
• Comfortable working with remote team members and taking direction.
• Interest in cybersecurity and AWS cloud is beneficial.
• Flexibility to collaborate or work independently and ability to grasp new concepts quickly and adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficiency with Python, Java, C#, C++, SQL, or assembly languages are a plus, but programming skills are not strictly required for the overall program.

Key skills/competency

• Python
• Rust
• Algorithms & Data Structures
• Version Control (Git)
• Cybersecurity
• Software Development
• Digital Forensics
• Incident Response
• Network Security
• Cloud Security (AWS)