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Penetration Testing Intern

India, Multiple Locations · Job Posted January 31, 2026
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Job Description

As a Penetration Testing Intern, under supervision, you will identify problems and vulnerabilities through application of engineering to dynamically penetrate software, hardware or human systems. You will work on efforts that results in security bug discovery, exploitation and suggested security controls and mitigations in response to security flaws. You will develop and implement pen testing strategies and apply your expertise to engineer solutions. You will help influence mitigations for current and future products and solutions.

Job Responsibility

  • Identifies security vulnerabilities within specialty/area or responsibility
  • Able to come up to speed on new targets with the help of others
  • Leverages known information channels to gain context
  • Corroborates guidance against real world observations, determines and understands scope of potential impact and identifies variance or instances of known issues

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
  • Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship

Nice to have

  • Currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
  • CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification

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