Detection and Monitoring Ops Intern - Remote (Summer 2021)

Join us as we pursue our disruptive new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun, and most importantly to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

Role:

The Splunk Detection and Monitoring Ops Intern reports to the Monitoring Operations Shift Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for helping to support the 24x7 monitoring operations mission and response to cyber security threats. You will have a foundational understanding of Information Security and Information Technology principles and disciplines coupled with excellent communications skills and a continuous desire to learn and grow. We are a passionate team who has fun, enjoys a good laugh but above all else thinks security first.

Responsibilities:

• Perform various tasks required to support the 24x7 operation helping to improve documentation, building processes, and enrichment of security events within the Splunk Enterprise Security platform
• Contribute to new and ongoing projects by collecting key deliverables, requirements, and testing
• Improve the quality of searches to enrich data with critical information.
• Gather evidence to support the organization's compliance and control monitoring responsibilities
• Review and update existing runbooks to ensure optimal and efficient response actions
• Assist in the development of new searches to find malicious activity in the Splunk environment
• Validate existing data sources meet data quality standards

Requirements:

• You have foundational knowledge of security related technologies including firewalls, intrusion detection systems and endpoint security tools
• You have foundational knowledge of TCP/IP protocols, network analysis, and the OSI framework
• Foundational knowledge of endpoint and server systems administration
• Foundational knowledge of Cloud technologies
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and take-charge
• Willingness and desire to think outside of the box for creative solutions to problems with the moxie to follow-through
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to see things through the customer’s eyes
• Strong attention to detail
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in a related field (December 2021 graduate or later)

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.