Job Description
The Role
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) sponsors an Internship Program for tertiary students studying technical and analytic degrees such as ICT, Cyber Security, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or other related fields.
Internships are undertaken during the university summer holidays (Nov-Feb). ASD is interested in individuals who want to further their knowledge and understanding of ASD’s foreign intelligence, cyber and information security, and offensive cyber missions in a work environment.
Analyst and Technologist internships are usually project-based and relate to current programs or future initiatives such as:
- Research, development, design, and testing of tools and programs for cyber security analysis, development, and exploitation.
- Software vulnerability analysis and auditing, including code analysis, static analysis, fuzzing, reverse engineering, and vulnerability research.
- Contributing to, reviewing, and testing existing and new cyber and information security policies including utilization of SecDevOps techniques.
- Malware analysis including binary code review both static and dynamic, web shell analysis.
- Developing guidance, products, and communication strategies to enhance cyber and information security awareness and implement best practices.
- Design and build complex infrastructure solutions including virtualization, data storage, and user interfaces
- Data science and analytics, including predictive and prescriptive analytics and machine learning
- Research and investigate new directions in cryptography
The majority of positions for the Internship Program are based at the Australian Cyber Security Centre, Canberra but consideration may be given to placements in other ASD locations.