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Detection & Response Security Engineer, Intern (Summer 2027)

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Responsibilities

  • Improve detection and response capabilities through cross-functional security projects.
  • Review large-scale system security architectures and propose logging, detection, and prevention controls.
  • Perform TTP-based threat modeling across endpoints, mobile systems, servers, services, cloud environments, and networking equipment.
  • Analyze host and network logs to identify potential threats and detection opportunities.
  • Build automated response workflows that resolve false positives and provide investigative context.
  • Support security incident response and drive resolution of internal and external threats.
  • Design and implement attack-testing automation to validate detection coverage.
  • Build logging pipelines using custom datasets and infrastructure.
  • Track threat clusters and improve threat-intelligence tracking and data integrations.

Requirements

  • Must be pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience analyzing network and host-based security events.
  • Knowledge of networking technologies, including TCP/IP and related protocols.
  • Knowledge of operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
  • Coding or scripting experience in at least one general-purpose language.
  • Experience with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Must obtain and maintain work authorization in the country of employment.
  • Preferred experience includes detection and response engineering, security engineering, threat response systems, automation and SOIR integrations, large-scale systems and data pipelines, offensive security, threat hunting, anomaly detection, campaign tracking, threat modeling, and security tooling development.
  • Must intend to return to a full-time degree program after the internship.

Benefits

  • Summer 2027 internship.
  • Monthly compensation of $7,313 to $11,293 plus benefits.

Tech Stack

LinuxmacOSWindows

Categories

Meta

About Meta

10,000+ employees

Meta builds social platforms and communication apps—including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger—and develops AR/VR hardware and software such as Quest to power immersive computing. It monetizes primarily through advertising tools for businesses, with additional revenue from devices and services, and operates a massive global infrastructure. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Meta Platforms, Inc. is a public company traded on Nasdaq under the ticker META.

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