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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · 3 months ago

Cybersecurity Graduate Intern - Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Summer Institute - Summer 2026

Livermore, CA, USA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$9,950/mo - $9,950/mo

Start in 2026 Summer

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is dedicated to strengthening the United States’ security by applying expertise to create solutions for significant challenges. The Cybersecurity Graduate Intern will work on projects related to cybersecurity, supporting documentation, testing, and research under limited supervision in various areas, including network analysis and malware analysis.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide technical and/or research support to projects in the areas of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and other related fields working with scientists, engineers, and technical staff members

Support documentation, testing, creation or modification of Laboratory software, hardware or computer operating systems

Conduct research under limited direction and supervision in one or more of the following areas, as assigned:

Network/protocol analysis

Intrusion detection

Reverse engineering

Incident response

Malware analysis

Systems programming

Threat, risk, and/or attack characterization and analysis

Operational Technology/Industrial Control Systems cybersecurity

Software tool development

Artificial intelligence/machine learning

Perform technical assignments of a basic degree of complexity and provide technical support to scientists in scientific research and development projects

Attend relevant on-site seminars and training classes (at least one per week)

Present work through presentations and/or poster sessions

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

CybersecurityNetwork analysisIntrusion detectionMalware analysisProgramming in C/C++Programming in JavaProgramming in PythonReverse engineeringIncident responseSystems programmingSoftware tool developmentOperational Technology cybersecurityEffective communicationTeamwork

Required

Must be a continuing college or university student in good standing at an accredited institution pursuing a graduate degree

Ability to apply computational science and/or mathematical principles to solve technical problems

Demonstrated academic achievement in scientific curriculum

Experience applying advanced computational science and/or mathematical principles to solve technical problems

Demonstrated effective communication skills

Ability to present and communicate concepts and ideas

Ability to work in a team environment

Demonstrated exposure through coursework or relevant experience to one or more of the following topics: network/protocol analysis; intrusion detection; cryptography; reverse engineering; incident response; malware analysis; systems programming; threat, risk, and/or attack characterization and analysis; Operational Technology/Industrial Control Systems cybersecurity; software tool development

Effective programming skills in C/C++, Java, or Python

Demonstrated exposure through coursework or relevant experience to some of the following tools: Matlab/Simulink, Wireshark, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA Pro/Free, Zeek/Corelight, Splunk, Docker, NMAP, Suricata/Snort, Security Onion, Cuckoo, FTK, ELK, GDB, WinDBG/x64DBG/Immunity, IDS/IPS