Falcon Complete Analyst Intern - Summer 2024 (Austin, TX)

12 Week Internship

Start Date: June 3, 2024

End Date: August 23, 2024

Location: In Office

Falcon Complete Analyst Interns will work from one of CrowdStrike’s offices in San Antonio, TX; Austin, TX; or St. Louis, MO office. This posting is for candidates interested in working in the Austin, TX office.

About CrowdStrike

#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

About the Role:

As a Falcon Complete Analyst Intern at CrowdStrike, you’ll make a difference in global security by protecting organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world. Our CrowdStrike virtual security operations center offers opportunities to expand your skill set through a wide variety of experiences, detecting and responding to incidents as they occur in real-time for our customers.

What You’ll Do:

Conduct monitoring and analysis of security alerts.

Assist with triage of incoming issues to assess the priority. Investigate alerts and validate whether they are malicious.

Escalate alerts that indicate a potential security incident.

Serve as our first line of contact for customer security requests.

Initiate cases, document activities, and escalate issues to higher-level security analysts per Falcon Complete Standard Operating Procedures.

Handle high pressure situations in a productive and professional manner.

What You’ll Need:

Currently enrolled in a 2- or 4-year College or University working towards an AA, AS, or AAS / BA or BS / MA or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Policy, or a related field. 

Graduating during or between December 2024 - December 2025

An eagerness to learn through hands-on experience and collaborative projects specific to your internship field.

Collaboration is intrinsic to the success of our mission. Therefore, the strongest applicants will be those who can communicate effectively and frequently, and work well with fellow interns and employees.

Fundamental understanding of information security, sysinternals, and network communications

Bonus Points:

Successful candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas: 

Incident Handling: experience conducting or managing incident response for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organized Crime, and Hactivists.

Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.

Systems Administration: an understanding of system internals is required to understand how to implement and execute countermeasures and remediation.

Malware Analysis: ability to perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand the nature of malware

Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.

We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone feels seen, heard, valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.

CrowdStrike is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.