Summer 2026 Cybersecurity Associate Internship

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Interns

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information Technology (IT)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
0 + years of related experience
ship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Sponsorship is not available for this role.

At GDIT, our people are our business. We pride ourselves on the work our innovators do to support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the world. We wouldn't be successful without our ability to attract new talent to join our team.

What sets a GDIT internship experience apart from other organizations in the industry?

GDIT's Summer Internship Program is designed with you in mind! Our internship provides you the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is helping to solve our clients' most challenging matters. Throughout GDIT's 10-week Summer Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Work side-by-side with GDIT professionals delivering work for clients.
• Collaborate with a team of peers to research and propose solutions to a current business challenge.
• Participate in a mentoring circle led by an early career champion.
• Interact with GDIT leaders.
• Participate in professional development.

How You'll Make this Internship Opportunity Your Own

Our Cyber Security Summer Intern will help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems across GDIT or client organizations. The ideal intern will have knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions. You'll also have an interest in understanding the principles, methods, and tools for evaluating information systems security features against a set of specified security requirements. You will work with analysts to understand business processes and promoting data integrity. You will have the opportunity to develop consulting skills, gather and research data, develop analysis as well as contribute to the creation of deliverables.

A Day in the Life

• Collaborate with other members of the teams supporting GDIT's Cyber Center of Excellence and Eclipse and Everest Digital Accelerators.
• Prepare reports or presentations on project status and outcomes.
• Create and modify new and/or existing technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
• Conduct analysis on industry capabilities and align with customer use cases.
• Perform information assurance activities such as reviewing vulnerability management reports, applying secure configurations, and related activities.
• Participate in regular team meetings, technical exchange sessions, and ideation meetings.

What You'll Need to Deliver Your Best Every Day

• Understanding of different operating systems and their potential security vulnerabilities
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Prioritize tasks and responsibilities
• Desire to learn security frameworks, common attack methods, and response processes.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment
• Nimble mindset and genuine intellectual curiosity
• Intuitiveness with an ability to identify and solve complex problems related to rapidly changing technology
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)

The Must-Haves

• Currently enrolled in an associate's, bachelor's, or master's degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or a related STEM field from a United States-based college or university.
• At the start of this internship, you should have at least one year of school completed.
• Ability to work in the office full-time

What you Offer as a Stand-Out Candidate

• Pursuing a certification in the field of cyber security (e.g., CompTIA Security+, SCCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner), CC (Certified in Cybersecurity), Information Assurance, or Certified Ethical Hacker)
• Basic knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in engineering, information systems, and related technical support.
• Basic knowledge of related hardware and software
• Basic understanding of data manipulation of Indicators of Compromise (IOC's)
• Basic understanding of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Basic understanding of Vulnerability Management (Vulnerability Scanning and Patching)
• Basic understanding of Information Assurance

GDIT interns are paid and full-time (40 hours/week) for 10 consecutive weeks. Applicants should have a minimum of one semester remaining in their studies after their internship concludes. Take the first step and apply today!

Note: We receive a high volume of applications and review them on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Our goal is to follow up with you within two weeks of your application.

The likely hourly rate for this position is between $21.82 - $25.30. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Herndon

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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