Cybersecurity Intern - Summer 2026

Varda Space Industries•El Segundo, CA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Summer internships will range between the months of May and August. All dates dependent upon the university schedule of the selected students. Internships are full-time and on-site in Los Angeles, CA. We are hiring a summer cybersecurity intern to help our Information security team with day to day work. You will help us watch for security alerts, write things down clearly, and gather the paperwork we need for our upcoming cybersecurity certification. This is a real job, not busywork. You will look at real alerts, write real reports, and help us get ready for a real audit. You will sit with our Cybersecurity Analyst and our InfoSec Engineer, and you will learn how a security team works inside a company. If you do well this summer, we will strongly consider you for a full-time junior analyst role after you graduate

Requirements

You are a current undergrad in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, information systems, or a similar major. You will be a rising junior or rising senior this coming fall.
You plan to graduate between December 2026 and June 2027.
You have taken classes or taught yourself at least two of these: networking, how operating systems work, how user accounts and passwords are managed, how to respond to security incidents, or how to watch for security problems.
You are comfortable reading logs and working with data in a spreadsheet. You know what a basic script is, even if you have not written many.
You write clearly. You will be writing notes and reports that other people rely on.
You are organized, you pay attention to details, and you are willing to ask questions when something is unclear.
You are allowed to work in the United States for the full length of the internship without needing us to sponsor a visa.

Nice To Haves

You are working toward a beginner certification like CompTIA Security Plus or Network Plus.
You have played with security tools on your own, in a home lab, in a school club, or in a capture the flag competition.
You have used or read about any of these tools: Zscaler, CrowdStrike, ThreatLocker, Darktrace, AlienVault, Okta, or Vanta.
You have heard of compliance frameworks like NIST 800 171, NIST 800 53, ISO 27001, or CMMC and understand the basics.
You can write simple scripts in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.

Responsibilities

Help review security alerts that come in each day. You will read them, decide what they are, and write down what you did about them.
Help set up, fine tune, and improve the way our security tools are configured. These tools include Zscaler, CrowdStrike, ThreatLocker, Darktrace, and AlienVault. You will work with your lead to adjust settings, clean up noisy alerts, and make sure each tool is doing its job well.
Help keep our security event logs up to date, so we have a clear record of what happened and how it was handled.
Pull sample logs from our security tools and organize them, so we can show an auditor that we are watching the right things.
Help keep track of the reports we get from our outside security partner, making sure they arrive on time and get filed in the right place.
Help upload reports and updates into the software we use to track our compliance work.
Work on one bigger summer project that you own from start to finish. You will pick this with your lead in the first week. Some examples: a report on gaps in our logging, a refreshed incident response guide, or a simple dashboard.

Benefits

Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
401(k) matching (interns excluded)
Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
Health insurance, including Vision and Dental
Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)

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