Detection Engineer Intern (Remote)

23andMe is looking for an Intern to join our Enterprise Security team this summer! This is an opportunity to learn while working in project teams on a variety of tasks - from threat detection and threat assessment using multiple enterprise security tools, to providing targeted responses and analysis of the corporate environment for potential risks.

Who We Are

Since 2006, 23andMe’s mission has been to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. We are a group of passionate individuals pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to help turn genetic insight into better health and personal understanding.

What You’ll Do

• Be a key member of the Enterprise Security team.
• Address multiple technical challenges across multiple security tools and applications.
• Document controls based on an industry framework and interviewing key stakeholders.
• Actively threat hunt within security tools and determine steps to triage and filter the true events from background noise.
• Create threat hunting playbooks.
• Work with vulnerability management platforms to create reporting and then partner with IT to ensure timely patching and remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Design and implement new security playbooks and automation.
• Define, design, and build threat detection methodologies; help to improve the security posture of the company.
• Work among the greater IT and 23andMe security teams to build integrations, solve challenging problems, and help to automate our response to targeted threats.

What You’ll Bring

• A passion for security!
• Some knowledge and capability with one or more scripting and programming languages (e.g. bash, go, R, Python, etc.)
• Working knowledge of operating systems (e.g., MacOS, Linux, Windows).
• Understanding of security concepts.
• Demonstrated skills around offensive or defensive security technologies.
• Ability to communicate well and work with others.
• Ability to think critically about challenging problems to determine the most effective method to solve and address.
• Authorization to work in the US

Strongly Preferred

• You are curious, excited by technologies used by Security Researchers, Analysts and Engineers to protect, detect, and alert upon suspicious activities and intrusions.
• You are self-motivated to work and achieve, and you are also a great collaborator on teams.
• When given a technical problem, you are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and dig through security event logs and monitor, prioritize and react to signals coming out of our security tools.
• You enjoy a collaborative environment with small project teams, and you lead by example and share your creativity, wit and experience across the team. 

About Us

23andMe, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is a leading consumer genetics and research company. Founded in 2006, the company’s mission is to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe has pioneered direct access to genetic information as the only company with multiple FDA authorizations for genetic health risk reports. The company has created the world’s largest crowdsourced platform for genetic research, with 80 percent of its customers electing to participate. The platform also powers the 23andMe Therapeutics group, currently pursuing drug discovery programs rooted in human genetics across a spectrum of disease areas, including oncology, respiratory, and cardiovascular diseases, in addition to other therapeutic areas. More information is available at www.23andMe.com.

At 23andMe, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.  If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at accommodations-ext@23andme.com. 23andMe will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

Please note: 23andMe does not accept agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Thank you.