Job Description

Job Summary

Digital Cloak Internships provide candidates who will soon be entering the job market with the essential skills and technical experience necessary to jump-start their careers in Cybersecurity. We offer an unparalleled summer experience, helping you to navigate the vast field of Cybersecurity through exposure to multiple facets of the business processes we cover.

At Digital Cloak, we care about fostering the whole person, not just improving your technical skills. In addition to fostering your analytical skills the Digital Cloak Internship Program will aid in strengthening an assortment of critical soft skills such as communication, collaboration, personal effectiveness, presentation, problem solving, and teamwork.

Essential Functions/Objectives

• Work full-time onsite at Digital Cloak as a seasonal hire within a small technical team
• Install and configure operating systems such as Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Learn and implement security related practices
• Improve professional writing skills through activities such as writing and reviewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process documents, business plans, and other technical documents
• Utilize the Microsoft Office suite for related tasks
• Gain experience in areas such as technical support, data management, quality assurance, policy development, website design, software development, offensive cyber operations, system administration, vulnerability testing, risk analysis, SIEM, technical documentation, and more

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Positive attitude and a willingness to learn a variety of skills and tools
• Strong work habits in both team and individual tasks
• Proficiency in Office 365
• Ability to multitask and be flexible
• Ability to self-learn tools, programming languages, concepts, and/or other task related skills
• Thorough understanding of internet research
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to stay on task and complete tasks by a given deadline
• Strong problem solving, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Attention to detail and ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision
• Desire to learn more and expand current knowledge base
• Strong technical knowledge and troubleshooting skills
• Strong motivation and mission orientation

Desired Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Experience with various Linux distributions
• Current possession of a security clearance and/or suitability finding from a Government agency
• Experience with Cisco IOS and pfSense
• Experience with SSH, SCP, SFTP
• Experience working with different  cyber tools such as Metasploit, Core Impact, ncat, Nmap, tcpdump, buttercup, p0f, Burp Suite, or other similar tools
• Experience developing in low level programming languages
• Experience developing in high level programming languages
• Experience in technical writing
• Currently have any of the following certifications or similar: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA A+, CCNA, CompTIA Network+
• Experience creating, working with, or in formalized research of Artificial Intelligence
• Experience conducting, presenting, and/or publishing formalized research
• Previous military experience

Preferred Knowledge
Due to the nature of our growing company, it is preferred that applicants have experience or a desire to pursue one or more of the following tracks:

• System Administrator
  • Knowledge pertaining to networking including network diagraming, managing firewall rules, patching, backups, and network troubleshooting
  • CompTIA Net+
  • Experience installing, configuring, and using tools such as Proxmox, ELK stack, etc.
  • Understanding of network hardware (servers, switches, etc.)
  • Comfortability using the command line and/or powershell
• Developer
  • Experience programming in low- and high-level programming languages
  • Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
  • Experience using various packages such as .NET, ArcGIS, etc.
  • Understanding of waterfall, agile, and/or scrum methodologies
• Compliance
  • Understanding of FISMA, NIST 800, CNSSI 1253, and/or CMMC
  • Strong technical writing skills
  • Knowledge of various aspects of the network stack
  • Basic network and application troubleshooting
  • Experience working with and implementing business rules
• Data Science
  • Proficiency using Excel Macros
  • Experience programming in VBA
  • Strong math and statistic skills

Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience

• Actively enrollment and attendance in a university or taking High School DE or College Prep classes OR any equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Job Requirements

• This position requires the ability to remain in a stationary position (standing and/or seated) more than half the time
• This position requires the ability to spend more than half the time viewing computer monitors

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required
• The ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Primary Work Location

• Stafford, VA

Travel Requirements

• This position has possible travel requirements to attend applicable conferences or seminars

Other Duties

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Disability Specifications

• Digital Cloak will make reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Digital Cloak is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. Digital Cloak is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please email recruiting@digitalcloak.net. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Note on Interview Process . Internship interviews will utilize a 2-phase process. For the first phase candidates will present a 3-minute "elevator pitch" describing why they should be selected for a Digital Cloak Internship, to be followed by 7 minutes of technical questions based on one of the four tracks listed above. Candidates making it to the second phase will be invited for a more traditional interview. It is expected that both phases will be conducted via video conferencing. If you have questions, please email internship@digitalcloak.net.

Note on the Curriculum . Digital Cloak reserves the right to change the curriculum without notice.

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Summer work, Seasonal work, Flexible hours,

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