Cyber Security Engineer Intern - Fall/Winter

Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms.

We are seeking a Security Engineering/Operation Intern to join our Security Engineering and Operations team. This role offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in safeguarding complex systems while working with experienced security professionals. The intern will contribute to our mission of ensuring data protection and fostering a security-first culture, gaining valuable insights into security engineering, cloud operations, and automation.

Join a team where security is not an afterthought—it’s a critical part of how we build and scale our business. This internship offers the unique opportunity to work alongside seasoned security engineers and gain exposure to real-world challenges in defending complex systems and infrastructure.

You’ll play a meaningful role in our mission to protect data, enable secure innovation, and support a security-first culture. Whether it's participating in live incident simulations, building automation to solve operational challenges, or learning how modern security operations work at scale—you’ll get hands-on experience that goes far beyond the classroom.

This role is ideal for someone curious about the intersection of security engineering, cloud operations, and automation. You’ll leave the internship with technical growth, real project ownership, and a clearer understanding of how security teams contribute directly to business resilience. If you're excited by the idea of learning fast, making an impact, and being mentored by passionate security professionals, this is the internship for you.

What you'll get to do:

• Assist in monitoring, configuring, and maintaining security tools such as SIEMs, endpoint protection platforms, and vulnerability scanners.
• Investigate and triage security alerts by analyzing logs and system activity across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Support the incident response process by documenting findings and aiding in containment or remediation steps.
• Automate repetitive security tasks by developing and maintaining scripts or playbooks using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Participate in reviews of infrastructure and cloud configurations to identify misconfigurations or policy violations.
• Contribute to improving and maintaining security documentation, including SOPs, detection rules, and runbooks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on security-related initiatives to support secure development and operations practices.

You should apply if you have most of this experience:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Familiarity with core security concepts such as authentication, encryption, and common attack techniques.
• Exposure to security tooling in areas like log analysis, endpoint protection, or vulnerability management.
• Ability to script or automate tasks using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Comfort working in both Linux and Windows environments.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a desire to understand complex systems.
• Clear communicator with a collaborative mindset and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.

  New York Applicants: The salary for this position is $30/hr.

  About Integral Ad Science

  Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms. IAS’s software provides comprehensive and enriched data that ensures ads are seen by real people in safe and suitable environments, while improving return on ad spend for advertisers and yield for publishers. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. For more information, visit integralads.com.

  Equal Opportunity Employer:

  IAS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to our diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age. We strongly encourage women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community, people with disabilities and veterans to apply.

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  To learn more about us, please visit http://integralads.com/ 

  Attention agency/3rd party recruiters: IAS does not accept any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles. If you are interested in becoming an IAS recruiting partner, please send an email introducing your company to [email protected]. We will get back to you if there's interest in a partnership.

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