Automation Engineer Intern

About Us

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work

At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values

• Bold in how we dream and innovate
• Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
• Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
• Visionary in future focused problem-solving
• Exceptional in execution and impact

Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

About The Role

This is a Placement Year starting in June 2026, offering a hybrid work arrangement requiring attendance in our Tel Aviv Office. We are looking for a Software Automation Engineer Intern to join our cloud test automation engineering team in our TLV office. This is a key role that will play a vital part in our company's success as we continue to grow, providing a great opportunity to get into a venture-backed, fast-paced, high-growth company. We are seeking someone willing and ready to make a major impact. If you’re passionate about the security industry, this could be the job for you!

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for improving the product testing coverage in a cloud/SaaS based product
• Be responsible for developing new testing features and testing framework infrastructure
• Work closely with the backend engineers and the other automation engineers to constantly improve the quality of our products
• Take ownership of automation test areas, troubleshoot, maintain & improve existing tests, investigate complex bug scenarios and alerting the team of regression failures
• Actively assisting developers to analyze and resolve various product issues
• Work effectively to deliver on planned and committed schedules
• Take full ownership of a testing feature, from product requirements, test plan, acceptance tests, execution, and automation

Key Skills and Qualifications

• Automation engineering experience
• Proven coding capabilities in Object Oriented Programming language – Python is advantage
• Experience in REST APIs testing and E2E testing automation
• Experience creating tests in common test frameworks – Pytest is advantage
• Expertise working in a CI/CD environment, and experience in working within AWS environments is advantage
• Experience with Tooling like Bitbucket, Jenkins, Kafka, Elastic Search, Docker and Kubernetes is advantage
• Knowledge of agile methodology and Scrum framework
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills with ability to work independently
• Soft skills like communication, teamwork, flexibility, and self-motivation are required
• Solid written and verbal communication in English

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply. We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint!

Our Culture

Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.

How To Apply

Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can’t wait to hear from you!

Key skills/competency

• Automation Engineering
• Cloud/SaaS Testing
• Python (OOP)
• REST API Testing
• E2E Testing
• Pytest Framework
• CI/CD Environments
• AWS Cloud Platform
• Docker Containers
• Kubernetes Orchestration