About CrowdStrike

At CrowdStrike we’re on a mission - to stop breaches. Our groundbreaking technology, services delivery, and intelligence gathering together with our innovations in machine learning and behavioral-based detection, allow our customers to not only defend themselves, but do so in a future-proof manner. Because of that we’ve earned numerous honors and top rankings for our technology, organization and talent. Our culture was purpose-built to be remote first, and we offer flexible work arrangements to help our people manage their personal and professional lives in a way that works for them. If you’re ready to work on unrivaled technology with a team that makes a difference every day, let’s talk.

About the Role

The CrowdStrike Services Internship Program is a 12-week full-time summer internship that provides individuals with experience across all major aspects of the CrowdStrike Services business, with a focus on Incident Response.

After completing this program, candidates will have experience in the following areas:

Infrastructure

• Networking Fundamentals

• Active Directory and Enterprise Network Fundamentals

CrowdStrike Tools

• Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

• Falcon Forensics Collector (FFC)

Forensics and Triage

• Windows and Linux Disk Forensics (X-Ways Forensics and Magnet AXIOM)

• Forensic Analysis via Supertimelining (Plaso/log2timeline)

• Log Analysis

• Cloud forensics:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Microsoft Azure

Proactive Services

• Red Team Operations

• Tabletop Exercises

• Cybersecurity Maturity Assessments

• Compromise Assessments

Project Management and Reporting

• Incident Response Reporting

• Client Communication and Management

• Handling complex incidents, including those involving ransomware and sophisticated nation state adversaries

What You’ll Need…

• Be towards a BA or BS / MA or MS degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science/Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Data Science or other related field.

• Be a rising Junior/Senior (if pursuing an undergraduate degree)

• Be scheduled to graduate after August 2023

• Be willing and able to work from Los Angeles, St. Louis, or the Washington, D.C. Metro area during Summer 2022

Bonus Points 

Successful candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Have an investigative mindset and a desire to find and stop evil

• Keep up with the latest vulnerabilities and breaches

• Be self-motivated and actively seek opportunities for growth

• Desire to rapidly accelerate their skills

• Crave new and innovative work

• Be able to complete technical tasks with minimal supervision

• Desire to develop both technical and soft skills

• Contribute to a positive work environment, and have a can-do attitude

• Be seeking a career in cybersecurity and/or incident response

From a technical perspective, it is desired (but not required) that candidates:

• Be comfortable with command-line interfaces (Windows, Linux, macOS, or any combination of those)

• Be familiar with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python 3, etc.)

• Be versed in forensic analysis methodology for Windows systems (Mac/Linux forensics knowledge is a plus)

• Be acquainted with strategies and tools to rapidly analyze large sets of logs (such as Splunk, ELK, etc.)

Here’s what our previous interns have to say about our program:

• The CrowdStrike Internship Experience (video)

• Our feature on The Internship Show (podcast)