Summer Cybersecurity Engineer Internship

Technology

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Southwest Airlines is committed to providing Employees with equal opportunities for learning and personal growth. As a Technology Intern, you'll contribute to real-time projects, collaborate with fellow interns and cross-functional teams, help advance Company initiatives, and support Southwest's Purpose of connecting People to what's important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. Throughout the internship, you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop as a future professional while making a meaningful impact.

The Cybersecurity Engineering Intern should be a strong communicator and collaborator, capable of presenting ideas in both technical and user-friendly terms while helping shape the future of Southwest's Technology Team. If hired, Interns may be selected to support one of the following Teams:

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Team develops and supports the solutions that manage digital identities and secure access to applications, systems, and data across Southwest. As a Cybersecurity Engineer Intern, you will gain hands‑on experience supporting modern identity governance and administration initiatives while working with enterprise identity platforms, automation, and access management technologies. You'll collaborate with Cybersecurity Engineers and Technology Teams to help improve identity lifecycle management, streamline legacy processes, and enhance security through automation and AI‑driven capabilities.

This internship provides valuable exposure to identity and access management practices and demonstrates how secure, efficient access enables and protects enterprise technology operations.

The Cloud Cyber Security Team engineers and secures the cloud platforms and services that support Southwest's technology ecosystem. As a Cybersecurity Engineer Intern, you will gain hands‑on experience helping design, implement, and support cloud security solutions that enable secure and scalable technology delivery. You'll collaborate with Cybersecurity Engineers and Technology Teams while gaining exposure to cloud security controls, infrastructure security, automation, secure development practices, threat detection, and security monitoring.

This internship provides valuable exposure to modern cloud security engineering and demonstrates how technology enables the secure delivery of critical business and operational capabilities across Southwest.

• Receive free, unlimited space available travel privileges for yourself (taxes and fees may apply on international travel).
• Interns will be provided any required equipment, such as a laptop, for the internship.
• Stipends may be offered based on eligibility and program criteria.
• The Intern will work full-time as a Cybersecurity Engineering Intern within the Technology Department. This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel fortrainings, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of thoserequiredvisits,the majority ofyour working time may be spent in an approved remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there islimitedgroup of states or localities ineligible for…