Job Overview
Role: Security Engineering Intern Location: Bengaluru Experience: 0-0 Qualification: Final-Year / Recent CS or Cybersecurity Student Key Skills: Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Research, Offensive Security Automation, Python, Bash, Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, CTF Experience
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 is particularly suited to students who have practical experience through platforms such as Hack The Box, TryHackMe, or CTF competitions and who are interested in developing a career in offensive security and security research.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Penetration Testing: Interns will 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 and understand demonstration and responsible reporting.
- Offensive Security Automation: Build offensive automation tooling using Python and Bash scripting for repetitive security tasks, processing results, and integrating security tools.
- Collaboration: Work alongside experienced security researchers.
- Learning: Constantly investigate unfamiliar systems, learn independently, ask effective technical questions, experiment, document findings, and learn from feedback.
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. Practical cybersecurity experience is important.
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Python scripting
- Bash scripting
- Burp Suite
- Nmap
- Metasploit
Competencies:
- Strong curiosity and willingness to learn
- Ability to investigate unfamiliar systems
- Independent learning
- Effective technical questioning
- Experimentation in authorized lab environments
- Clear documentation of findings
- Learning from feedback
- Ability to turn research findings into practical improvements or tooling