2027 Internship - Security Engineering

About the role

This 2027 internship places students in QRT’s Security team, protecting systems, data and infrastructure supporting global research and trading. Interns contribute to production-focused security projects, collaborate with Cloud, Infrastructure and Network Operations teams, investigate threats and build scalable automation. Strong performance may lead to consideration for a full-time graduate role.

Responsibilities

• Protect systems, data and infrastructure supporting QRT’s global research and trading activities.
• Design and implement security controls with Cloud, Infrastructure and Network Operations teams.
• Contribute across security engineering, detection and response, vulnerability management and security assurance.
• Build tooling, investigate emerging attack techniques and improve security automation at scale.
• Develop cyber-security triage agents using MCP servers to support investigations.
• Reproduce attacks in segregated labs, test detections, conduct reviews and support remediation testing.

Technical Areas

• Security principles, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning, password management, encryption and secure coding.
• Programming or scripting experience, particularly with Python or Bash.
• Linux command-line confidence and familiarity with Linux/Unix system administration fundamentals.
• Networking knowledge, including TCP/IP and Ethernet, plus monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.

Recruitment Process

• Submit an online application; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so early submission is recommended.
• Selected candidates complete a technical interview with the relevant team.
• Shortlisted candidates participate in on-site or Microsoft Teams interviews covering technical thinking, unfamiliar problems and teamwork.