Cybersecurity Intern

About MITRE

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NOTE: This is a candidate pool for various internship roles. Submitting your resume includes you in this pool. If selected, a member of MITRE’s Student Programs team will contact you. The primary hiring season for MITRE internships is from September through March.

Job Responsibilities

As a Cybersecurity Intern, you will collaborate with experienced professionals, applying your knowledge to real-world challenges in cybersecurity and information security. This hands-on opportunity will allow you to gain invaluable experience in areas such as:

• Adversary Emulation
• Deception and Adversary Engagement
• Cyber Effects and Reverse Engineering
• Cyber Forensics
• Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Operational Technology Engineering and Response
• Internet of Things (IoT) and Mobile Device Security
• Engineering and Architecting Safe, Secure, and Resilient Systems
• Cyber Policy Development

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a full-time student pursuing an accredited degree program in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related disciplines.
• Must continue to be enrolled the semester following the internship.
• Foundational knowledge in cybersecurity and/or information security methodologies, frameworks, tools, and/or programming languages.
• Sustained excellence in academic performance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying cybersecurity or information security learning in an internship, research, or lab setting.
• Proficiency using cybersecurity and/or information security methodologies, frameworks, tools, and/or programming languages.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity operations and/or the development of cyber policies.
• Proven ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated interest in serving the public through previous work experience, volunteer activities, or other relevant engagements.

Security Clearance

In addition to passing MITRE’s employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance, determined by the Department of Defense’s adjudicative guidelines, including U.S. citizenship. Other roles may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs access determination consistent with the assigned work program.

Key skills/competency

• Cybersecurity
• Information Security
• Adversary Emulation
• Cyber Forensics
• Threat Intelligence
• Reverse Engineering
• IoT Security
• Mobile Security
• Cyber Policy
• System Architecture