Palo Alto Networks - Intern - Product Vulnerability Researcher, application via RippleMatch

This role is with Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks uses RippleMatch to find top talent.

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Our Approach to Work

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Your Career

We expect office-based employees to be in the office three days per week, with two days working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together three days per week.

 Our Summer Internship Program from May-August or June-September provides you:

• 1:1 mentorship

• Fun and engaging events that inspire your intellectual curiosity

• The opportunity to expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects

• Connections to other recent grads, and employees across the company as well as our leaders

Your Career 

These days, the threat landscape is fluid and always changing. Cyber bad-actors are constantly finding new and diabolically creative ways to get to your data and there’s just no telling what door they’ll knock on next. As a Product Security Researcher Intern, you will be helping Palo Alto Networks to stay ahead of the curve in addressing these latest threats in our vulnerability research labs and identifying new product vulnerabilities and their mitigations across all of Palo Alto Networks offerings.

Your Impact  

• Research security vulnerabilities identified in our products and cloud offerings

• Help security engineering to reproduce vulnerabilities and verify the completeness of fixes

• Become a secure coding expert and work with exceptional security professionals from across the company to fix security issues

Your Experience 

• Completing a BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other related STEM field

• Familiarity with secure programming concepts

• Familiarity with Linux, Operating System Concepts, Networking, Cloud computing

• Demonstrated experience (such as academic projects) in Javascript, NodeJS, Java, C

• Good understanding of web/application security threats and defenses

• Familiarity with OWASP guidelines - Participation in Capture the Flag (CTF)   events, local OWASP chapter, or similar security-focused communities is a plus

• Familiar with configuring custom cloud architectures, such as GCP, AWS and Azure. Experience with Kubernetes is a plus.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

The Team
Think about it, security for an information security company. Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within the Information Security team is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You’ll be joined with the brightest minds in technology, our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks. We’re joined by one mission – but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team that feels excitement at the prospect of a challenge and feels a thrill at resolving security gaps that inhibit our privacy.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and year in school. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be:

Bachelors level: $34/hr to $36/hr
Masters level: $44/hr
PhD level: $48/hr