Security Consultant Intern

About the role

HOW TO APPLY: Apply through the official CloudSEK careers page. CloudSEK is hiring Security Consultant Interns in Bengaluru. The role sits at the intersection of threat intelligence, security consult… Subscribe to Premium to view the full description and apply.

Responsibilities

• Perform VAPT across web, API, mobile, and cloud environments.
• Triage findings surfaced by security platforms and convert them into concrete, prioritized security issues.
• Identify product gaps, false positives, and missed detection classes based on hands-on security testing.
• Track the threat landscape across the Americas and monitor underground and dark web sources.
• Identify relevant threat chatter, data leaks, exposed credentials, and threat actor activity.
• Perform HUMINT and OSINT collection, infrastructure hunting, and C2 mapping.
• Map threat intelligence findings to prospects, customers, and lead-generation opportunities.
• Build and use automation scripts and workflows to reduce repetitive research, triage, and reporting tasks.
• Research exposed credentials, misconfigurations, leaked assets, and attack surface findings.
• Validate security findings and assess their real-world impact.
• Prepare trial summaries, responsible disclosure reports, and CISO-ready security impact summaries.
• Communicate technical security findings clearly during prospect and client calls.
• Conduct competitive and market research across the cybersecurity vendor landscape.
• Contribute to product strategy discussions involving detection use cases and roadmap priorities.

Requirements

• Strong interest in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or security research.
• Working knowledge of VAPT methodology across at least two areas such as web, API, mobile, or cloud security.
• Familiarity with CVEs, IOCs, TTPs, exposed credentials, and attack surface management.
• Understanding of OSINT and HUMINT concepts.
• Ability to read technical documentation including APIs, specifications, and security reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Direct mentorship from CloudSEK's security consulting and research team.
• Exposure to real clients and prospects.
• End-to-end exposure to security research, reporting, sales conversations, and product development.
• Flexible working hours.
• Food, snacks, and drinks at the office.
• Games, team activities, and collaborative workplace culture.

Required Skills