Security & IT Intern (Part Time)

Eight Sleep; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical insurance

Equity participation

Career growth & salary progression

Weekly fitness classes

Offices in NYC, Boston, SF, Shenzhen,

Job summary

Eight Sleep, Inc. is offering a part‑time security and IT internship (20 hours/week) working with the Security team and reporting to the Head of Security and a Security Engineer.

The role covers Google Workspace administration, device management, and the SaaS access lifecycle, with end‑to‑end project ownership and regular demos to the engineering organization. You will run access reviews, automate repetitive tasks, remediate Vanta tests, and write runbooks.

Qualifications

• Junior or Senior at a US college or university, in computer science or a related program.
• Scripting ability in Python or similar.
• Working knowledge of how identity works in a company: SSO, MFA, directory groups, least privilege.
• Available 20 hours a week during the school year, with overlap with US business hours.
• Authorized to work in the US; not visa-sponsored.
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001) through coursework or a job.

Responsibilities

• Assist with hands‑on security and IT tasks for the Security team.
• Work directly with Head of Security and Security Engineer.
• Own bounded projects end to end, ship them, and demo to engineering org.
• Manage Google Workspace administration, device management, and SaaS access lifecycle.
• Run access reviews and automate recurring checks.
• Help remediate failing Vanta tests and automate evidence collection.
• Triage security/IT requests for one shift per week with mentor reviews.
• Write runbooks and triage notes for engineers or AI agents.
• Leverage AI tools to scale workflows toward automation.

Skills

Python scripting

Security basics

Communication

Documentation

Education

Undergraduate CS or related program (Junior/Senior)

Tools

Google Workspace

SaaS access lifecycle

Job description

• This is a hands‑on corporate security and IT internship working with the Security team that also manages security, compliance and IT for the company
• You will work directly with the Head of Security and the Security Engineer
• It is part time, 20 hours a week around your class schedule, and you will own bounded projects end to end, ship them, and demo them to the engineering org
• Google Workspace administration, device management, and the SaaS access lifecycle — onboarding, offboarding, and access reviews that hold up in an audit
• Run the access‑review and device‑compliance checks, then automate the parts you find yourself repeating
• Keep compliance green with code: help remediate failing Vanta tests and automate evidence collection
• Triage inbound security and IT requests from employees for one shift a week, with a mentor reviewing every response
• Write runbooks and triage notes that an engineer, or an AI agent, can leverage
• Use AI tools (Claude Code and similar) as a first resort to scale your own work, and push those workflows toward fully automated production jobs

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical insurance
• Your own Pod
• Pet-friendly offices
• Equity participation & periodic refreshes
• Fast career growth & salary progression
• Weekly fitness classes in our offices
• Work directly with founders and executives
• 5 in-person offices in NYC, Boston, SF, Shenzhen and Milan

AI‑first mindset. We empower the team with the best tools available to scale beyond themselvesOne concrete thing you have administered or secured: a club’s Google Workspace, a home lab, a campus help desk, a CTF team’s infrastructure, a part‑time IT jobClear security writing: send us something you wrote (a lab writeup, a README, a blog post, a how‑to)Junior or Senior at a US college or university, in computer science or a related programScripting ability in Python or similar. You have written something that calls an API and does a job for youWorking knowledge of how identity works in a company: SSO, MFA, directory groups, least privilegeAvailable 20 hours a week during the school year, with at least 4 hours of overlap with US business hours on 3 or more days. Authorized to work in the US; this role is not eligible for visa sponsorshipCTF participation, bug bounty writeups, or a GitHub with real projectsExposure to any compliance framework (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001) through coursework or a jobHelp desk, campus IT, or MSP experience