Threat Research Intern

We are looking for candidates to join a 6-month internship with the team based in Bristol that is researching the future of security data analytics to help the threat research team’s mission of understanding and tracking endpoint threats as well as supporting the organization, making data-driven product security decisions.

This internship is an exciting opportunity to participate in world-class research, to experience how industrial research is conducted to deliver customer value, and to do it all within the collaborative culture  a company HP is dedicated to attracting diverse talent from all backgrounds.

During your internship, you will work within a team creating new and innovative technologies for securing endpoint devices and infrastructures. The team is focused on researching endpoint threats across hardware, firmware and software, understanding their impact and developing ways to prevent, detect, analyse and respond  will be working with the team to identify new security relevant events and data sources, exploring ways of analysing threat data, such as developing tools for tracking endpoint threats and building use cases and demos that address endpoint threat scenarios.

There will be a variety of projects which can be matched to your skill sets, and you will work with researchers and technologists in the business units to design, prototype, and demonstrate the feasibility and value of your work.

Join us in our office in the heart of the bustling Bristol city centre, within walking distance from the old town cafes and restaurants, in the middle of the city’s thriving startup and academic tech ecosystem. We are looking for curious and creative research-minded individuals who enjoy teamwork, have an excellent grounding in computer science and engineering, theory and practice, and are relentlessly excited to have impact and lead with innovation to solve real world challenges.

A salary shall be paid to interns.

• Develop understanding of state of the art in the relevant areas of research
• Work with the team to identify and analyse new security relevant events and data sources
• Develop tools for tracking endpoint threats, build use cases and demos that address endpoint threat scenarios
• Navigate uncertainties in the research while working with the team to identify novel technological paths

• Studying towards a Doctoral, Master’s, or possibly Bachelor’s university degree in computer science, cybersecurity, data science, or a related field
• Knowledge and practical experience in scripting and programming, preferably in Python
• Knowledge and practical experience of Unix/Linux systems and network configuration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Keen to learn and able to progress on projects as part of a team or independently

• Knowledge and practical experience of configuring SIEM and data analytics platforms (e.g. Splunk, Elastic Stack)
• Knowledge and practical experience of using and configuring malware analysis tools (e.g. dynamic sandboxes)
• Knowledge and experience analysing software and firmware threats targeting Windows endpoints (e.g. trojans, bootkits, ransomware)
• Knowledge and practical experience of cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge and practical experience of Dev Ops tools (git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes)