Technical Internship

Digital Cloak

Stafford (VA)

On-site

USD 28,930,000 - 39,950,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Job summary

Digital Cloak is offering a summer internship in Stafford, VA, designed to provide hands-on cybersecurity experience within a small technical team. You will install and configure Linux, MacOS, and Windows operating systems, and contribute to a major project while developing professional SOPs and other technical documents.

The program emphasizes communication, collaboration, and problem-solving, with opportunities to gain experience across data management, policy creation, and technical

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in university or equivalent program.
  • Proficient in Office 365 and able to communicate clearly.
  • Ability to multitask and work both in a team and independently.

Responsibilities

  • Work full-time onsite at Digital Cloak Headquarters as a seasonal hire within a small technical team.
  • Install operating systems such as Linux, MacOS, Windows, and configure them.
  • Understand many security related practices.
  • Contribute to a cybersecurity focused large scale project over the summer as a member of the internship team.
  • Introduce professional writing through SOPs, process documents, business plans, and other technical documents.

Skills

Office 365
Communication
Multitasking
Self-learning
Internet research
Teamwork

Education

University enrollment

Tools

Metasploit
CORE Impact
nmap
Burp Suite

Job description

Job Summary:

Interning with Digital Cloak will provide you with valued technical experience needed to jumpstart your place in today's competitive working environment, while teaching you essential skills to be successful in a career in Cybersecurity. We offer an unparalleled summer experience, helping you to navigate the vast field of cybersecurity through exposure to multiple facets of the business processes we cover.

At Digital Cloak, we care about fostering the whole person, not just improving your technical skills. The Digital Cloak Internship Program will aid in strengthening an assortment of critical soft skills such as communication, collaboration, personal effectiveness, presentation, problem solving, teamwork, and analytical skills.

Essential Functions:
  • Work full-time onsite at Digital Cloak Headquarters as a seasonal hire within a small technical team
  • Install operating systems such as Linux, MacOS, Windows, and configure them
  • Understand many security related practices
  • Contribute to a cybersecurity focused large scale project over the summer as a member of the internship team
  • Introduce professional writing through activities such as writing and reviewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process documents, business plans, and other technical documents
  • Utilize MS Office suite for related tasks
  • Gain experience in areas such as technical support, data management, quality assurance, policy creation, website design, software development, offensive cyber operations, system administration, vulnerability testing, risk analysis, SIEM, technical documentation and more
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Positive attitude and a willingness to learn a variety of skills and tools
  • Excels in both team and individual work
  • Proficiency in Office 365
  • Ability to multitask and be flexible.
  • Ability to self-learn tools, programming languages, concepts, and/or other task related items.
  • Thorough understanding of internet research
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to stay on task and complete tasks by a given deadline
  • Strong problem solving, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills
  • Attention to detail and ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision
  • Desire to learn more and expand current knowledge base
  • Strong technical knowledge and troubleshooting skills
  • Strong motivation and mission orientation
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Experience with various Linux distributions
  • Current possession of a clearance and/or suitability
  • Experience with Cisco IOS and PFSENSE
  • Experience with SSH, SCP, SFTP
  • Experience working with different cyber tools such as Metasploit, CORE Impact, ncat, nmap, tcpdump, bettercap, p0f, Burp Suite, or other similar tools
  • Experience developing in low level programming languages
  • Experience developing in high level programming languages
  • Experience in technical writing
  • Currently has any of the following certifications or similar: Comptia Secutiry+, Comptia A+, CCNA, Comptia Network+,
  • Experience creating, working with, or in formalized research of Artificial Intelligence
  • Experience conducting, presenting, and/or publishing formalized research
  • Previous military experience
Preferred Knowledge:
  • System Administrator
    • Knowledge pertaining to networking including network diagraming, managing firewall rules, patching, backups, and basic network troubleshooting
    • CompTIA Net+
    • Experience installing, configuring, and using tools such as proxmox, ELK stack,
    • Understanding of network hardware (such as servers, switches, etc)
    • Comfortability using the command line and/or powershell
  • Developer
    • Experience programming in low- and high-level programming languages
    • Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
    • Experience using programming frameworks such as .NET
    • Experience in Geospatial Information Software such as ArcGIS, Leaflet, or Open Street Map
    • Understanding of waterfall, agile, and/or scrum methodologies
  • Compliance
    • Understanding of FISMA, NIST 800, CNSSI 1253, and/or CMMC
    • Strong technical writing skills
    • Knowledge of various aspects of the network stack
    • Basic network and application troubleshooting
    • Experience working with and implementing business rules
  • Data Science
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Demonstrated experience in Python, Excel, VBA, and/or PowerBI
    • Strong math and statistic skills
Required Education Related Experience:
  • Actively attending university or taking High School DE or College Prep classes OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
Physical Job Requirements:
  • This position requires the ability to remain in a stationary position (standing and/or seated) more than half the time
  • This position requires the ability to spend more than half the time viewing computer monitors
Qualifications:
  • US Citizenship is required
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Primary Work Location:
  • Stafford, VA
Travel Requirements:
  • This position has possible travel requirements to attend applicable conferences or seminars
Other Duties:
  • This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Disability Specifications:
  • Digital Cloak will make reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Digital Cloak is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. Digital Cloak is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, emailrecruiting@digitalcloak.netWe will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Salary Range: $25.00/hour; 40-hour week (seasonal employment)

Note on interview process for virtual interviews: Due to the limited number of spots and the high demand for our internship, we are going to be doing interviews differently than in years past. For the first interview round, you will create a 3-minute elevator pitch for yourself and then it will be followed up with 7 minutes of technical questions based on one of the four tracks listed above. The second round of interviews will be more akin to a traditional interview. If you have any questions, email internship@digitalcloak.net.

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