Cybersecurity Internship - Spring 2027 at Varda Space Industries
El Segundo, CA
$33/hrfrom the description
Aug 6, 2026
El Segundo, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site internship (January–May) embedded within an information security team at a company preparing for a cybersecurity audit. Day-to-day work involves reviewing security alerts, maintaining event logs, configuring and tuning security tools, and organizing compliance documentation. Interns also own one self-directed project — such as a logging gap report, an incident response guide, or a monitoring dashboard.
Junior level · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 4–30
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,481 (middle half $96,915–$170,448). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting requires active enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program — a degree is not yet required to be completed, so the degree requirement is set to None.
All security tools (Zscaler, CrowdStrike, ThreatLocker, Darktrace, AlienVault) appear both in the Responsibilities section as tools the intern will work with and in the 'Nice to Have' section as prior familiarity. Because the posting frames prior experience with them as optional ('Nice to Have'), they are marked as preferred.
Okta and Vanta appear only in the 'Nice to Have' section.
Python/PowerShell/Bash scripting and CompTIA certifications are explicitly listed under 'Nice to Have (Not Required)'.
The posting states this is a Spring internship (January–May) but also refers to a 'summer project' — this appears to be an internal inconsistency in the posting text.
The role requires US work authorization for the full internship duration without visa sponsorship.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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