Security Analyst Intern

Exiger Product has an opportunity for a summer student to join our Engineering team in our Toronto office. This position is a term contract for 10 weeks, full time during regular business hours over the summer. The student will be paired with a mentor on the engineering team to assign work, facilitate knowledge transfer, and provide exposure to different parts of the business.

Exiger Product is an experienced team of software professionals with a wide range of specialties and interests. We make use of big data and natural language processing technologies as well as dealing with day-to-day application development and scaling issues. We utilize agile methodologies, iterate quickly to find solutions, and work together to ensure that the system evolves in a maintainable and performant fashion.

This full time internship position is available for candidates in the surrounding Richmond, Virginia area and will begin on 6/3/24 and end on 8/9/24. 

What You'll Do:

• Monitor security events and alerts from various security systems and respond to security incidents
• Conduct investigations and response activities in response to security incidents, including data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Analyze threat intelligence data and provide recommendations for improving security posture
• Collaborate with other governance and security teams to develop and implement security policies, procedures, and best practices
• Participate in security incident response drills and tabletop exercises to ensure readiness for real-world incidents

What You Need:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Proven attention to detail.
• Ability to learn new concepts.
• Understanding of security technologies, such as firewalls, WAF, intrusion detection and prevention systems, security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, vulnerability management tools and threat intelligence platforms
• Familiarity with security standards and best practices, including NIST, ISO, and SOC II
• Scripting skills (e.g. Python, Perl, shell)
• Background in cloud security (e.g. AWS)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills

Why Intern with Us:

Interning at Exiger offers a unique opportunity for professional development, and you will benefit from:

• Valuable hands-on experience in a dynamic and supportive team.
• Mentorship from industry experts.
• Networking opportunities within the organization.

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This is a hybrid position based in New York, NY. The pay rate is $25/hour.

Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks manage risk and compliance with a combination of technology-enabled and SaaS solutions. In recognition of the growing volume and complexity of data and regulation, Exiger is committed to creating a more sustainable risk and compliance environment through its holistic and innovative approach to problem solving. Exiger's mission to make the world a safer place to do business drives its award-winning AI technology platform, DDIQ, built to anticipate the market's most pressing needs related to evolving ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain risk. Exiger has won 30+ AI, RegTech and Supply Chain partner awards.

Exiger’s core values are courage, excellence, expertise, innovation, integrity, teamwork and trust.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.