Intern - Security Researcher
Santa Clara, CA, United States
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Palo Alto Networks
Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud...Company Description
You must have the authorization to work within the United States
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.
We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving 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
Job Description
Your Career
Our DNS Security Research team is responsible for delivering high quality content to our threat prevention products to stop successful cyberattacks and protect our customers, with a special focus on malicious domain, URL and IP detection.
We are looking for a talented and motivated intern who will be able to conceive, design, implement and evaluate systems to detect and prevent various threats in the emerging security landscape.
Your Impact
- Track and research emerging online threats and innovate new ways to identify malicious indicators used by malicious domains and URLs
- Opportunity to learn, analyze and identify real world malicious campaigns and modern threats to DNS security
- Gain hands-on experience with scalable, extensible and real-time detection/prevention systems to protect customers around the globe
- Leverage data-driven approaches, such as statistical analysis, machine learning, deep learning and other advanced techniques
- Convert research results and discoveries into real-impact innovative solutions
Qualifications
Your Experience
- Creative thinker and team player with a passion for data-driven security research, and building high quality, complex systems as a part of an incredible research team
- Strong knowledge in core network protocols (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS)
- Strong DNS security background
- Strong programming, engineering skills and ability to fastly learn and adapt to new programming languages and technologies
- Experience with building complex systems, automation pipelines, distributed systems and microservices
- Good knowledge of machine learning models and experience in data driven approaches
- Experience in detecting security threats over the Internet, such as, phishing, fraud, botnet, spam, is a plus
- Experience with malware traffic analysis, signature mining, sandboxing is a plus
- Experience with graph databases and graph analytics is a plus;
- Be comfortable working independently, efficiently
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
- Proven success (past publication record, open source project contributions) is a big plus
To apply, you must be pursuing a 4-year Undergraduate Degree, a 2-year Master’s Degree or a Doctorate degree and returning to school in the fall.
Additional Information
The Team
Our global internship program trains the next-generation of cybersecurity talent across a range of specializations, from threat intelligence to information security, engineering, and marketing. The program also features a combination of challenging projects with tangible impact, engaging social events, and networking opportunities. Interns and recent graduates can learn about the network security industry from leading thinkers, grow their professional networks, and be part of a career-defining experience.
Our Summer Internship Program from May-August or June-September provides you:
- 1:1 mentorship
- Fun and engaging events that inspire your intellectual curiosity
- The opportunity to expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects
- Connections to other recent grads, and employees across the company as well as our leaders
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.
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.
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Tags: Analytics Automation DNS Machine Learning Malware Microservices Network security Open Source TCP/IP Threat intelligence
Perks/benefits: Career development Medical leave Team events
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