2021 Summer Internship
Company Overview: At Praetorian, we are bringing together the world's cybersecurity expertise to address one of the great technical challenges of our era: to be safe and secure in a digital-first world. From cryptocurrency exchanges to autonomous vehicles, we apply expertise and engineering to find, fix, stop, and ultimately solve cybersecurity problems across our customers’ digital landscape and product portfolios. Our accolades include Inc’s Best Places to Work and Fastest Growing Companies for 7 years running. Our employees are collaborative innovators who put our customers first and care about doing real and permanent good.
Career opportunity:
- Join an industry with massive socio, economic, and political importance in the 21st century
- Live and breathe the mission of solving cyber security challenge
- Work alongside some of the best and the brightest minds in the security industry
- Leave an indelible mark on a company where a persons input has real impact
- Be recognized, internally and publicly, for your contributions in a high profile position
- Align your career trajectory with a hyper growth company that is on the move
Core responsibilities:
- Shadowing service engagements with a focus on penetration testing and ethical hacking
- Development contributions with a focus on development in go, python, and react
- Security research with a focus on opensource contributions, white papers, and blog posts
Required qualifications:
- Demonstrated passion for cybersecurity
- An ability to cut code
- A desire to learn offensive security
- Strong problem solving skills
Desired qualifications:
- Participation in campus cyber security clubs and CTFs
- Participation in Hackathons and open source projects
- Prior internships at start-ups, unicorns, or well known technology companies
- 3.3 GPA on a 4.0 GPA scale a plus
- Pursuing BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics, or engineering
Desired behaviors:
- Fanatical passion for cybersecurity and the challenges it presents
- Customer centric focus with an obsessive need to wow and delight each client
- Ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic
- A personable person who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment
- Self-starter and self-starter learner that is able to spin up quickly
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Praetorian. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.
We ask that you please include a few paragraphs about yourself and what you are passionate about in your application.