Intern - Threat Intelligence (Unit 42)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

The Team 

Unit 42 specializes in providing data breach response, digital forensics, and risk management consulting services to a growing list of clients ranging from small enterprises to Fortune 50 corporations around the world, as well as federal government agencies. Our experts combine deep security knowledge and proprietary technology to rapidly provide effective incident response, attack readiness, and remediation plans for organizations around the world. With offices in Reston, New York, Austin, and Los Angeles, we are firmly entrenched and well positioned as a leading provider of incident response.

Job Description

Your Career 

Palo Alto Networks® is the fastest-growing security company in history.  We offer the chance to be part of an important mission: ending breaches and protecting our digital way of life. If you are a motivated, intelligent, creative, and hardworking individual, then this job is for you!

The Summer Internship Program includes:

• 1:1 mentorship

• Fun and engaging events that inspire your intellectual curiosity

• Expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects

• Connect with other interns, recent grads, and employees across the company 

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a motivated, forward-thinking individual to join our Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Team.  Unit 42 is responsible for tracking the tools, techniques, and procedures leveraged by cyber adversaries in order to produce high-quality, in-depth research that enables both internal and external organizations to deploy effective defenses.

Your Impact

In your role you will be responsible for developing and executing threat intelligence related development projects. You will work in one of our Threat Intelligence teams to:

• Analyze new data and reporting related to threats and synthesize new intelligence. 

• Support intelligence requirements from Incident Responders and others working to defend and strengthen our client’s networks.

• Share intelligence internally and externally with key stakeholders across the cybersecurity community. 

Successful candidates will be customer-oriented, results-driven and passionate about building great products that will impact across the organization.

Opportunities:

• Collaborate with internal engineering and product teams to establish strong relationships and develop project plans to deliver valuable intelligence.

• Produce new research for publication on the Unit 42 Blog.

• Technical work typically consists of scripting, detailed testing and complex security analysis.

• Participate in working groups to problem solve and identify methods to improve or enhance existing tools, products and services.

• Deploy defensive signatures to protect a global customer base in real time.

Qualifications

Your Experience  

• Experience with OSINT data sources and tools to include Passive DNS, Historical WhoIs, Maltego, Netflow, OSINT Framework

• Experience with detection signature frameworks like Snort, Suricata and Yara.

• Experience in JavaScript and HTML

• Knowledge in MySQL, GIT, WebAPI, SQL, SOAP, RESTful API

• Good understanding of JSON, XML, XML schema, and related technologies

• Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives

• Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills

• Thirst for exploring leading edge security technologies and the experience to analyze and resolve security issues.

• Rising Senior

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Additional Information

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Disclosure required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum compensation (includes on-target earnings = base + on target incentives for sales roles) for this role to be located in the state of Colorado. If hired in Colorado, this position starts at $89,100/yr. Depending on the position offered, restricted stock units and incentive or bonus pay may be provided as part of this compensation package. Additional benefits may be found here.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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