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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

We are searching for an undergraduate student to join our Cyber Security Department at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University. ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). 

The successful candidate will assist our Security Operation Center (SOC). Primary functions will be in assisting this unit in a blue team capacity.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

You will:

• Conduct phishing response and mitigation activities

• Conduct scanning and review of software and hardware

• Function as a level 1 Soc Analyst and triage all tickets for that unit

• Aide team in organization wide incident response efforts

• Assist in computer and network forensics

• Help endpoint and network monitoring efforts

• Work with senior members to promote proactive defensive efforts (eg. threat hunting)

• Perform security engineering tasks internal to cyber defense tools

Students studying within the field of Information and Cyber Security, Information Science and Technology, or Computer Science/Engineering are highly encouraged to apply.

Experience with the following is preferred:

• Familiarity with defensive cyber tools such as Firewalls, SIEM, XDR/EDR, CASB, FIM, IDS/IPS

• Networking fundamentals

• System administration and troubleshooting

• Scripting (bash, python, etc)

• Mitre ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks

The successful candidate will work up to 20 hours/week during the fall and spring semesters and 40 hours/week over the summer. This is a paid internship opportunity located in State College, PA. Relocation and housing are not provided.

ARL at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and serves as a University center of excellence in defense science, systems, and technologies with a focus in naval missions and related areas.

You will be subject to a government security investigation, and you must be a U.S.