Operations Advanced Security Group (ASG) Intern

Company Summary

Bugcrowd is the world’s #1 crowdsourced security company. Our award-winning platform combines actionable, contextual intelligence with the skill and experience of the world’s most elite hackers to help leading organizations solve security challenges, protect customers, and make the digitally connected world a safer place.

Job Summary 

Bugcrowd is looking for a motivated individual with desire to enter the cyber security career path. Candidates may already possess organizational capabilities, pentesting experience or significant exposure, keen interpersonal skills, a mind for detail and process, and a passion for information security.

The ASG Intern will provide the ASG team with generalized administrative and operational support. This role will be a combination of tasks/project assignment, as well as assisting the various teams around ASG with their day-to-day work. This is a part time role of roughly twenty hours per week for approximately 6 months; exceptional performers will have a path to full-time employment at the end of their term, if desired. 

The Advanced Security Group (ASG) is responsible for offensive security operations within the business and on customer accounts. It includes managers of pentesting operations, program managers, technical QA members, report writers, and security consultants/pentesters both internally and from the researcher community. You will be working as part of ASG and frequently interact with Sales, Pre-sales, and the Researcher Success teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Assist the Support, Customer/Researcher Success, and Pentesting/Security Operations teams with day-to-day tasks as needed and delegated .
• Internal and external communication around deliverables, scheduling, and expectations.
• Prepare reports, or attain data often of a complex or confidential nature.
• Creation of documentation or other artifacts as needed.
• Assist with meeting preparation and follow-up.
• Creates an action plan for assigned tasks and projects.
• Responsible for key aspects of the project lifecycle: planning, scope definition, design, execution, and delivery.
• Reviews project requirements, identifies interdependencies with internal or external departments or service providers, delegates responsibilities, and ensures that work is completed as needed
• Research and prioritize different tasks and be able to multitask.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Performs work under minimal supervision. 
• Handles complex issues and problems.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Written and visual communication skills.
• Organization and task management skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Detail-oriented.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Attentiveness. 
• Clerical skills. 
• Ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Computer skills. 
• Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.
• Persuasive communication skills. 
• Ability to identify and seek needed information/research skills. 
• Project scheduling skills. 
• Project management skills.
• General understanding of cybersecurity and penetration testing.

Culture

• At Bugcrowd, we understand that diversity in the workplace is vital to a company’s success and growth. We strive to make sure that people are included and have a sense of being part of making Bugcrowd not only a great product but a great place to work.
• We regularly hear from both customers and researchers that Bugcrowd feels like a family, and we strive to maintain that internally as well.
• Our team consists of a broad range of people: musicians, adventure sports junkies, nature lovers, parents, cereal enthusiasts, night owls, cyclists, artists—you get the point.

At Bugcrowd, we are solving security threats and vulnerabilities that are relevant to everyone, therefore we believe solving these problems takes all kinds of backgrounds. We value the perspectives and experiences people from underrepresented backgrounds bring. We are a supportive & collaborative team who understand that reaching Bugcrowd’s potential depends on the happiness of the employee.

Disclaimer

Apply at: https://www.bugcrowd.com/about/careers/