Cybersecurity SOC Engineer, Co-op
Security Risk Advisors
internship
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Location: New York, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $30 per hour
Job Level
Entry Level
Tech Stack
CloudCyber Security
About the role
- Support the team in designing, implementing, and refining Microsoft Sentinel content to help strengthen clients’ cybersecurity posture.
- Develop and troubleshoot detection rules, alerts, and dashboards, and assist in creating basic detection rules under guidance.
- Document use cases, rule logic, expected outcomes, tuning changes, and outcomes for knowledge sharing.
- Research common attack techniques (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK) and draft potential detection ideas.
- Review existing alerts to identify false positives and assist in rule tuning and validation.
- Work with senior engineers to adjust signatures or conditions to reduce noise and validate detections.
- Contribute to process improvements and assist in resolving technical issues under guidance.
- Participate in meetings and collaborative sessions; support mentoring and knowledge transfer.
- Travel as required; full-time position with 40 working hours expected weekly.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, IT Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Basic familiarity with Kusto Query Language (KQL) preferrable.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Interest in learning about Microsoft Sentinel analytics, including configurations, deployment options, and industry best practices.
- Willingness to participate in meetings and collaborative sessions, with support from mentors.
- Detail-oriented and organized, with a commitment to producing accurate and consistent work under guidance.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm for technology, with a proactive attitude toward learning and staying informed about cybersecurity trends.
- Team-oriented mindset, with the ability to work independently on assigned tasks while contributing to group efforts.
- Adaptable and flexible, open to feedback, and capable of adjusting to evolving project needs and timelines.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
- Ability to work full-time (40 hours expected weekly).