Intern, Cyber Security

Somos’ internship program offers students a direct line to our organization as well as the potential to accelerate their future with us. From active coaching to cross-functional collaboration, you’ll gain critical, real-world project experience. As part of our program, you’ll gain direct access to industry leaders, subject matter experts, and most importantly, mentors. Not only will you work on impactful projects, but you’ll also benefit from a community of professionals who are passionate about preparing you for future successes. To learn more about our program, visit https://www.somos.com/internship.

Our 2025 program consists of full-time, paid internships that will run from June 9th to August 29th. This is a non-exempt role with a salary range of $25.00-$30.00 per hour.

Eligibility Requirements

• Our internship program is remote based; however, the intern must be in the United States.
• Must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited college or university during the internship.
• GPA of 3.0 or above (based on a 4.0 scale)
• Available to work full time (40 hours/week) for the entire program (June 9th - August 29th).
• Required to undergo a pre-employment background check.

 Working closely with the department, the Intern will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Provide technical security expertise to ensure the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of Somos technologies platform, solutions, company & customer data.
• Drive the development and adoption of security standards, best practices, and technologies within Somos products to enable security and privacy by design and ultimately a highly secure and compliant environment.
• Perform security assessments and application threat modeling throughout the Somos organization and software development lifecycle.
• Work in conjunction with Product Engineering & DevOps to enable secure & compliant deployments through system hardening, application security capabilities, threat prevention, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, identity and access management, incident response controls, etc.
• Review, respond and resolve alerts originating EDR platform to ensure appropriate system processing and applications requirements are met in a timely manner
• Ensure SIEM alerts are monitored and resolved in a timely manner
• Maintenance and evolution of Identity management (i.e., Active Directory, InTune, etc.)
• Work with various teams (application, infrastructure, identity management, etc.) to troubleshoot and resolve alerts
• Assist in deployment of standard firewall rules to meet technical or business requirements
• Assist with day-to-day support of network security systems
• Implement appropriate changes, updates, and upgrades in response to vulnerabilities and incursions
• Support the Security & IT Team ensuring that processes around network security are managed well and responded to in a timely manner
• Follow run books for deployments and/or system upgrades during and off-hours
• Participate in metrics collections to demonstrate situational awareness to management regarding current threats and risks
• Assist in the gathering evidence for audit requirements
• Assist in preparing management reports
• Assist with Threat Vulnerability Management by actively participating in RCSAs and other risk assessments

Major Initiatives

• Intern capstone project
• Help drive the Vulnerability and Patch Management Program

Qualifications & Skills

• Proven ability to successfully complete deliverables in a timely and efficient manner in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about innovation and enjoys the challenges of creating something new
• Stays current with evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
• Enjoys working in a collaborative environment
• Self-starter that demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of own work
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• High energy and self-motivated
• Eager to learn and focused

Preferred Qualifications & Skills 

• At least 3rd year student seeking a STEM degree
• Experience with Mac-based desktop environment
• Technical training

Somos is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of this position.  Aspects of this job description may change at any time, with or without notice.

This job description is not intended as and does not create an employment contract. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.