Job Overview
Role: Security Engineering Intern Location: Bengaluru Experience: Internship Qualification: Final-Year / Recent CS or Cybersecurity Student Key Skills: Cybersecurity labs, CTF, scripting, offensive security tools
Job Description
DarkRange Systems is offering a Security Engineering Intern opportunity in Bengaluru. The internship is designed for final-year or recent Computer Science and Cybersecurity students who have hands-on exposure to cybersecurity labs, Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges, scripting, and offensive security tools. The internship will run for 3–6 months and will be part of the DarkRange security research team. Selected interns will work alongside senior researchers on penetration testing, vulnerability research, and offensive security automation tooling. The role provides practical exposure to offensive security activities carried out alongside experienced security researchers, including real penetration testing, vulnerability research, and offensive automation tooling, making it relevant for candidates seeking hands-on cybersecurity experience and understanding of security research in practical environments.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Penetration Testing: Work on real penetration testing activities alongside senior researchers, assessing systems and applications for security weaknesses.
- Vulnerability Research: Investigate software or systems to identify security weaknesses, understand demonstration methods, and report responsibly.
- Offensive Security Automation: Build offensive automation tooling using Python and Bash scripting for repetitive security tasks, processing results, and integrating security tools.
Skills and Eligibility Criteria
Educational Background: Final-year or recent student in Computer Science or Cybersecurity.
Experience: Hands-on experience with Hack The Box, TryHackMe, or CTFs.
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Ability to write scripts using Python or Bash.
- Familiarity with Burp Suite, Nmap, and Metasploit.
- Web application security fundamentals.
- Network enumeration.
- Linux fundamentals.
- Basic privilege escalation.
- Authentication and authorization weaknesses.
- Vulnerability identification.
- Security tooling.
- Scripting and automation.
Competencies:
- Strong curiosity and willingness to learn.
- Ability to work alongside experienced security researchers.
- Investigate unfamiliar systems.
- Learn independently.
- Ask effective technical questions.
- Experiment in authorized lab environments.
- Document findings clearly.
- Learn from feedback from experienced researchers.
- Turn research findings into practical improvements or tooling.