Security Engineering Intern

Quick Facts

• Role: Security Engineering Intern (Summer)

• Team focus: Endpoint Security Engineering (device, data, AI, and SaaS security)

• Duration: Approximately 12 weeks

• Location: Kirkland, Washington

Description

You’ll work with senior engineers on security project deliverables and operational workstreams across endpoint, data, AI, and SaaS security. The role emphasizes contributing to security analyses and tooling, supporting security assessments, and coordinating project milestones and status updates.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to device security projects: endpoint containment gap analysis, supply-chain provenance, and BYOD posture

• Support data security projects: data discovery, classification, and coverage tracking

• Assist AI security initiatives: usage monitoring, policy enforcement, and governance for AI tools and agents

• Support SaaS security projects: identity and access posture for productivity platforms

• Help build and validate security telemetry and detection tooling (alert validation, dashboard development)

• Support security assessments and vendor evaluations (gather requirements, run tests, document findings)

• Coordinate with team members and cross-functional partners on milestones and status reporting

• Participate in operational work: end-of-life and patching, penetration test initiation/escalation tracking, PRB coordination, incident/task triage, Acceptable Use Policy violation processing

• Provide training/enablement to Technical Support and SAM teams and assist with customer outreach and escalation handling

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited university in a Master’s program in Computer Science or a related field

• Expected graduation: December 2027 or later

• Experience leveraging or critically thinking about integrating AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving

• Experience using or critically evaluating AI tools to improve workflows and decision-making

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable with customer-facing interactions

• Ability to explain complex security issues clearly to peers, executives, and customers

• Self-motivated, able to perform with limited supervision, and collaborative

Benefits

• Base pay guideline: $58.96/hr plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation, and benefits

• Health plans, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with company match, ESPP, matching donations

• Flexible time away plan and family leave programs