Cybersecurity Intern - Summer 2026

General Summary:

As a Cybersecurity Automation Intern, you’ll contribute to projects that balance technical risk with business priorities, while helping to enhance detection and response capabilities. You’ll collaborate with internal teams, external partners, and business stakeholders to understand how security controls affect operations and to streamline automation workflows. This role provides hands-on experience in real-world incident response, threat modeling, and process optimization, offering a unique opportunity to apply both cybersecurity and automation skills in a dynamic enterprise setting. A solid grasp of IT fundamentals and cybersecurity principles will empower you to make meaningful contributions and accelerate your professional growth.

Primary Responsibilities:

50% - Automation

Assist in building and testing automation workflows using Microsoft Power Automate to streamline incident response tasks such as alert triage, ticket creation, and notification routing.

Support the integration of cybersecurity tools and data sources (e.g., SIEM, ServiceNow, SharePoint) into automated dashboards and reporting systems.

Help document and maintain automation scripts and workflows, ensuring clarity and reusability for the security team.

Contributes to the creation of automated playbooks for common incident types (e.g., phishing, malware alerts) to improve response time and consistency.

Collaborate with team members to identify manual processes that can be automated to improve operational efficiency.

25% - Enhance/Implement Capabilities to Strengthen Detection and Response Capabilities

Assist in documenting lessons learned from incidents and threat hunts to improve detection strategies and playbooks.

Support basic threat modeling and help identify gaps in current monitoring and response workflows.

Leverage security orchestration (SOAR) to automate security response procedures.

Create new operational service integrations using data from industry leading threat intelligence vendors.

25% - Threat Hunting & Incident Response

Assist in identifying potential indicators of compromise (IOCs) by reviewing security alerts and logs under guidance from senior analysts.

Help collect and organize threat intelligence from internal and external sources, assessing relevance to Campbell’s environment.

Get exposure to and complete incident response opportunities

Document findings and contribute to knowledge-sharing efforts that enhance the team’s threat detection capabilities.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities required

Solid understanding of core IT systems—including email, web, networks, workstations, servers—and strong knowledge of network protocols, cloud platforms, and SaaS technologies.

Core skills and competencies in Cybersecurity Incident Response.

Familiarity with common scripting languages like Python and/or Powershell.

Familiarity with commonly deployed information technology resources including email, web, network, workstation and servers.

Strong problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills.

Self-motivated and able to work independently.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Working Conditions

Normal corporate office environment

Program Location:  

Program is based at our Global Headquarters in Camden, NJ (across the river from Philadelphia, PA).  

What you’ll gain  

Personal and professional development 

Meaningful real-world work experience 

Exposure to senior leadership and strategic business activities and decisions 

Coaching and feedback from an assigned mentor 

Robust learning plan with internal opportunities through Campbell  

Countless networking opportunities 

A competitive advantage resulting from your practical experiences 

What we require of candidates: 

A cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher 

Full Time Student enrolled in a Computer Science, MIS, or related program 

Self-starter with ability to multi-task and take initiative 

Demonstrated technical skills, results, and leadership 

Experience with MS Office Suite Including Excel and Outlook 

Agile learner with demonstrated self-awareness and flexibility 

Possess strong analytical and problem-solving abilities 

Able to thrive in a team environment 

Experience with Python or other scripting languages 

Knowledge of data analytics concepts