DevSecOps Digital Engineering Intern

Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA

Part-time - Intern

Onsite - State College, PA

Educational Services

About the position

The DevSecOps Digital Engineering Intern position at Penn State University offers a unique opportunity for students to engage in software development, cybersecurity, and cloud-native tool management within the Digital Engineering Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). Interns will work on cutting-edge technologies that support military, DoD, and intelligence communities, contributing to the design and implementation of secure, automated infrastructure solutions in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design or implement secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high-performance computing environments through Agile software development and cybersecurity.
• Perform and review code changes and documentation as needed.
• Maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for frequent, trouble-free deployments of code.
• Configure or optimize various compute, firewall, or network resources and networks including bare metal or cloud environments.
• Coordinate with the team to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project-level activities.

Requirements

• High interest in Linux-based infrastructures or system administration.
• Knowledge of security profile evaluation and application.
• Familiarity with Ansible, Puppet, or shell/scripting languages.
• Experience with logging platforms such as Splunk, ELK stack, or Prometheus.
• Basic understanding of software virtualization or networking.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity assessments, incident response, or investigations.
• Understanding of security control or policy integration.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with DevOps / DevSecOps tools and practices.
• Familiarity with infrastructure / automation.
• Knowledge of configuration management via Git, Bitbucket, or GitLab.
• Experience with container/orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of software vulnerability or compliance assessment.
• Knowledge of system security architectures including firewalls, router ACLs, web content filters, and DMZ.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.
• Experience in a collaborative research environment.
• Exposure to military and defense-related projects.