Cybersecurity Intern: Secure Dev & Threat Detection

American Express; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salaries

Flexible work arrangements (hybrid/Amx

Free access to wellness centers

Counselling support (Healthy Minds)

Career development and training

Job summary

American Express is offering a 10-week Summer Internship for a Cybersecurity Intern in Enterprise Technology Services. You will learn how security controls, secure development, and threat detection capabilities are designed, implemented, and improved in a global enterprise.

As part of Team Amex, you will gain hands-on experience with peers and leaders across security engineering, operations, assurance, regulatory expectations, and business objectives, with mentorship and real-world projects to

Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity, information security, or technology risk concepts.
• Foundational knowledge of network protocols, security fundamentals, IAM, data privacy, and secure software development concepts.
• Interest in scripting or automation using languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
• Strong communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, discretion, attention to detail, and learning agility.

Responsibilities

• Support secure network, endpoint, identity, and access management activities with guidance from peers and leaders.
• Assist with security documentation, assessment findings, remediation tracking, and reporting to support compliance and security posture improvements.
• Collaborate with software development and product teams to learn how security is integrated into the software development lifecycle and secure coding practices.
• Conduct research on emerging cyber threats, security technologies, AI-enabled security risks, and control approaches to support team knowledge and decision-making.
• Use AI-enabled cybersecurity tools to support threat detection, alert triage, analysis, documentation, and investigation activities while validating outputs before escalation or implementation.

Skills

Foundational cybersecurity knowledge

Scripting basics

Strong communication

Learning agility

Education

Pursuing degree in CS/IS/Cybersecurity

Tools

Security monitoring tools

Job description

American Express is offering a 10-week Summer Internship for a Cybersecurity Intern in Enterprise Technology Services. You will learn how security controls, secure development, and threat detection capabilities are designed, implemented, and improved in a global enterprise.

As part of Team Amex, you will gain hands-on experience with peers and leaders across security engineering, operations, assurance, regulatory expectations, and business objectives, with mentorship and real-world projects to