Summer 2026 Cybersecurity Associate Internship

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d•$22 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

At GDIT, our people are our business. We pride ourselves on the work our innovators do to support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the world. We wouldn’t be successful without our ability to attract new talent to join our team. What sets a GDIT internship experience apart from other organizations in the industry? GDIT’s Summer Internship Program is designed with you in mind! Our internship provides you the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is helping to solve our clients’ most challenging matters. Throughout GDIT’s 10-week Summer Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to do the following: Work side-by-side with GDIT professionals delivering work for clients. Collaborate with a team of peers to research and propose solutions to a current business challenge. Participate in a mentoring circle led by an early career champion. Interact with GDIT leaders. Participate in professional development. How You’ll Make this Internship Opportunity Your Own Our Cyber Security Summer Intern will help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems across GDIT or client organizations. The ideal intern will have knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions. You’ll also have an interest in understanding the principles, methods, and tools for evaluating information systems security features against a set of specified security requirements. You will work with analysts to understand business processes and promoting data integrity. You will have the opportunity to develop consulting skills, gather and research data, develop analysis as well as contribute to the creation of deliverables. A Day in the Life Collaborate with other members of the teams supporting GDIT's Cyber Center of Excellence and Eclipse and Everest Digital Accelerators. Prepare reports or presentations on project status and outcomes. Create and modify new and/or existing technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials. Conduct analysis on industry capabilities and align with customer use cases. Perform information assurance activities such as reviewing vulnerability management reports, applying secure configurations, and related activities. Participate in regular team meetings, technical exchange sessions, and ideation meetings.

Requirements

Understanding of different operating systems and their potential security vulnerabilities
Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills
Prioritize tasks and responsibilities
Desire to learn security frameworks, common attack methods, and response processes.
Experience working in a collaborative team environment
Nimble mindset and genuine intellectual curiosity
Intuitiveness with an ability to identify and solve complex problems related to rapidly changing technology
Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
Basic understanding of Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)
Currently enrolled in an associate's, bachelor's, or master's degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or a related STEM field from a United States-based college or university.
At the start of this internship, you should have at least one year of school completed.
Ability to work in the office full-time

Nice To Haves

Pursuing a certification in the field of cyber security (e.g., CompTIA Security+, SCCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner), CC (Certified in Cybersecurity), Information Assurance, or Certified Ethical Hacker)
Basic knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in engineering, information systems, and related technical support.
Basic knowledge of related hardware and software
Basic understanding of data manipulation of Indicators of Compromise (IOC’s)
Basic understanding of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Basic understanding of Vulnerability Management (Vulnerability Scanning and Patching)
Basic understanding of Information Assurance

Responsibilities

Collaborate with other members of the teams supporting GDIT's Cyber Center of Excellence and Eclipse and Everest Digital Accelerators.
Prepare reports or presentations on project status and outcomes.
Create and modify new and/or existing technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
Conduct analysis on industry capabilities and align with customer use cases.
Perform information assurance activities such as reviewing vulnerability management reports, applying secure configurations, and related activities.
Participate in regular team meetings, technical exchange sessions, and ideation meetings.

Benefits

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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