Cyber Summer Associate, Security Testing (Internship)

LevelBlue LLC•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

LevelBlue is looking for 2026 Summer Interns to join our team! About LevelBlue’s Professional Services LevelBlue’s Professional Services helps clients transform their cybersecurity with LevelBlue’s elite global experts — offering tailored advisory, strategic planning, testing, and forensics for the most complex environments. Position Overview The Cyber Summer Associate Program is a ten-week internship in one area of LevelBlue’s Professional Services, where we will immerse you in our proactive and reactive services. You will work on client projects and learn key skills in information security in one of the following fields: Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR): The DFIR team works with organizations in response to cyberattacks or data breaches and works with legal counsel to assist with acquiring, processing, and analyzing digital evidence. DFIR CSAs will work in-person in one of our forensic labs in New York, Chicago, or Washington, DC. Security Testing: The Testing team identifies security vulnerabilities by performing dynamic security assessments of web applications and live networks, simulating attacker scenarios such as phishing campaigns and red teams, and performing secure code reviews of client codebases. Security Testing CSAs will work in-person in our New York lab. Solutions Development: Solutions Development (SolDev) is the software engineering team that builds custom cybersecurity tools & platforms for our consulting practices. SolDev CSAs will work in-person in our New York lab on our production applications, writing code in Python and Rust. Available Locations New York, NY (DFIR, Testing, Solutions Development) Chicago, IL (DFIR) Washington, DC (DFIR) Position Details This paid internship begins in June with a virtual orientation schedule. During this time, you will meet with firm leadership, participate in training exercises, network with colleagues, and join other special events. Cyber Summer Associates work directly with our existing employees in one of our U.S. offices. Immersed in our experienced client teams, you will contribute to a wide variety of client projects. You will learn how to use cutting-edge tools and technologies and attend regular training sessions and demos to build technical and professional skills. Throughout the summer, you will complete a research project on an impactful topic relevant to the work of the firm and present it at the end of the program. From the very beginning, you will be learning from managers and colleagues with robust technical backgrounds, many of whom contributed directly to developing the foundations of the practice of cyber-focused industry. Cyber Summer Associates have both a mentor and supervisor to support their client work, professional development, and research projects. The Cyber Summer Associate Program is a unique and exciting opportunity that is aimed at helping you build the skills and experience needed to kick start your career in cybersecurity and at LevelBlue!

Requirements

Currently pursuing Bachelor’s or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Digital Forensics or another quant-focused major
Knowledge of computer networking technologies
Familiarity with computer system hardware and software
Strong analytic, qualitative and quantitative reasoning skills
Strong written and oral communication skills, plus attention to detail
Solid understanding of MS Office, and familiarity with Windows, Macintosh, and/or Linux operating systems
Creative problem solving and eagerness to learn and research new skills
Exceptional work ethic, high level of professionalism and commitment to ethical standards
Strong self-motivation and a positive mentality
Applicants for this role should be rising seniors, graduating between Winter 2026 – Spring 2027 and have a GPA of 3.0 or above.
This role is open to candidates legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Security Testing: Familiarity with configuring, identifying, testing, and remediating vulnerable services and security bugs, and other ethical hacking techniques; experience with cybersecurity related CTF challenges and platforms such as Hack The Box, Over The Wire, Hacker101, etc.
DFIR: Investigative mindset, foundational knowledge of digital forensic artifacts or operating systems, and experience with any of the following: malware analysis; database operations and analysis; system administration; security tooling including EDR; cloud security and investigations; preservation of digital media; parsing and drawing conclusions from large data sets.
Solutions Development: You must love writing code, as you'll be doing it every day. You'll know Python and a statically-typed compiled language (e.g., Java, C++, Rust, Zig, Haskell). You'll know algorithms and data structures, version control with git, unit testing, and be comfortable working with remote team members and taking direction from them. Interest in cybersecurity and AWS cloud is helpful.
Flexibility to collaborate or work independently and ability to grasp new concepts quickly and adapt to changing priorities.
Proficiency with Python, Java, C#, C++, SQL, or assembly languages are a plus but programming skills are not required.

Responsibilities

Perform tasks related to technical consulting engagements involving digital forensics, incident response, security testing, or security advisory
Support teams that are assessing clients’ risks related to internal IT infrastructure, publicly available IT assets and other relevant attack surfaces
Become proficient with industry standard tools and practices
Preserve and analyze data from laptop and desktop computers, servers, and mobile devices
Design, develop, document, analyze, test and modify computer systems & programs
Conduct statistical analysis of large data sets and other investigative components of cases
Learn to present sophisticated technical matters and analysis clearly and concisely
Help uncover causes of clients’ network intrusions/data breaches, and increase knowledge of malware
Aid in the development of IT security risk metrics
Research and pilot security software (commercial and open-source)
Assist in developing proprietary tools and programs to aid in matters of forensic analysis, network incident response, or penetration testing
Work alongside our practitioners and cybersecurity specialists
Stay up-to-date with the current regulatory environment, industry trends and related implications
Develop and broaden skills through training and research
Contribute to and attend in-house training sessions
Suggest and pursue firm-enhancing projects that draw on your skills and academic interests