Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information across enterprises, governments, and consumers.
Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend harnesses AI to protect organizations and individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints.
The Trend Vision One™ enterprise cybersecurity platform accelerates proactive security outcomes by predicting and preventing threats across the entire digital estate and environments like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.
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Overview:
The Research & Development Intern will be a member of a team working on cutting-edge, enterprise-level network security solutions during Summer 2026.
Responsibilities:
Candidates should thrive on working in a close, small team environment and possess excellent interpersonal skills, plus analytical, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills. Interns will work on a team that works on projects including but not limited to: intrusion prevention, firewall, DDoS and traffic anomaly protection, VPN, encryption, port and host scans, web filtering, collaboration with vulnerability analysts and reverse engineers.
Required Qualifications:
Coursework in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, information security, or related fields
Fluency in one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Java, or Python
Familiarity with:
Network and application protocols (IPv4/6, TCP, UDP) down to the packet level
Security technologies (authentication, encryption, compression, VPN)
Networking (switches, routers) and security (firewalls, IPS) equipment and technologies (VPN, VLAN)
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Python on both Microsoft Windows and Linux OSes is a plus
Knowledge of jscript, vbscript, python or any scripting language
Some programming experience
This position does not offer sponsorship for work permit applications or renewals, either now or in the future. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship, both currently and moving forward. The company will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this role (including, but not limited to, H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa).
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We’re a global cybersecurity leader, helping to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, our platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. Our global threat research team delivers unparalleled intelligence and insights that power our cybersecurity platform and help protect organizations around the world from 100s of millions of threats daily. We have 7,000 employees across 65 countries, singularly focused on security and passionate about making the world a safer and better place. We enable organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. Trend Micro’s “Trenders” are passionate about doing the right thing to make the world a safer and better place.
