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Unpaid Counter Threat Automation Intern

About New York City Cyber Command
New York City Cyber Command (NYC3) was created in 2017 by Executive Order to lead the city’s cyber defense efforts, working across more than 100 agencies and offices to prevent, detect, respond, and recover from cyber threats. New York City Cyber Command (NYC3) is committed to protecting City infrastructure and critical systems from cyber threats, and helping residents become safer in their digital lives.

As the organization defending the largest municipality in the country, NYC3 is charged with directing citywide incident response, setting citywide cybersecurity policies and standards, and working with city agencies to strengthen their cyber defenses. 

Job Description:
Counter Threat Automation (CTA) Engineers within NYC Cyber Command perform many critical functions within the Threat Management discipline. Chief among these functions is providing the key verticals of the Threat Management team with technical support via the development and deployment of key tools and platforms that enable the teams to function effectively. This role is explicitly for a CTA intern with experience both in incident response and code development. Following are the expected skills : 

  • Build, develop, and deploy automation / orchestration playbooks that will enable effective triaging of incidents. 
  • Participate and assist in testing new technologies and products to determine their effectiveness within the NYC3 infrastructure. 
  • Work with the CTA platform engineering on deploying tools and platforms to support the mission of the Threat Management team. 
  • Develop and deploy tools that will assist the NYC3 threat management teams in performing quick triage tasks that would otherwise require manual work. 
  • Maintain knowledge of the current security threats and actors and their relevance to the City by monitoring reports and intel sources. 
  • Build metrics utilizing a data security approach to gain insight into attacks and responses to incidents within the City of New York. 

Required Skills:

  • Basic proficiency in Python and GoLang, with knowledge of web frameworks.
  • Basic proficiency in front-end technologies : Vue.js, CSS3, and HTML5
  • Basic knowledge of web application development and deployment. 
  • Proficient in git version control and git life-cycle development. 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

Preferred Skills:

  • A basic understanding of Agile development model.
  • Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications.
  • Understanding of cyber security incident response and willingness to assist in incident response duties.
  • Ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).

Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Selected candidates must be enrolled in a degree bearing program

SPECIAL NOTE
Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, this opportunity will be remote. Internship will be unpaid and interns must show proof of their university giving academic credit or funding from their university or authorized 3rd party. The length of this part or full time,17 up to 35 hour per week internship will be no longer than 12 weeks.