Cybersecurity Internship: Security Ops & Audits

Rootedsec; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, offers a spring cybersecurity internship focused on supporting security operations and compliance at a space-focused company.

You will review daily security alerts, tune tools such as Zscaler, CrowdStrike and Darktrace, and maintain logs for audits, plus organize evidence for auditors while owning a small independent project like a logging gap report or incident response guide.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree in cybersecurity, CS, IT or related.
• Coursework in at least two of: networking, operating systems, account management, incident response, security monitoring.
• Comfortable reading logs and using spreadsheets; basic scripting.
• Clear written communication; authorized to work in the US without sponsorship; must be a U.S. person per ITAR.

Responsibilities

• Review, assess and document daily security alerts.
• Configure and tune security tools.
• Maintain security event logs and prepare samples for auditors.
• Own one independent security project.

Skills

Security operations

Scripting basics

Reading logs

Written communication

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate in cybersecurity/CS/IT

Tools

Zscaler

CrowdStrike

Darktrace

Okta

Vanta

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, offers a spring cybersecurity internship focused on supporting security operations and compliance at a space-focused company.

You will review daily security alerts, tune tools such as Zscaler, CrowdStrike and Darktrace, and maintain logs for audits, plus organize evidence for auditors while owning a small independent project like a logging gap report or incident response guide.