We are looking for Researchers and Engineers to join a 6-month internship with the team based in Bristol that is researching the future of security data analytics to help enterprises make data-driven security decisions to monitor and secure their endpoint devices.  

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

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 and respond at scale. You will be working with the team to identify new security relevant events and data sources, constructing use cases, playbooks 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. 

Responsibilities 

• Develop understanding of state of the art in the relevant areas of research 

• Navigate uncertainties in the research while working with the team to identify novel technological paths 

• Work with the research team to design a solution which addresses the limitations of the existing approaches, and also be able to progress the research 

• Demonstrate feasibility of solution (e.g., paper, prototype, etc.) 

Mandatory skills and experience required 

• Studying towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral university degree in computer science, cybersecurity, data science, or a related field 

• Knowledge and practical experience in cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Azure) 

• Knowledge and practical experience in programming (e.g. Python, C#, Java, C, C++) 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Keen to learn and able to progress on live projects as part of a team or independently 

Advantageous skills and experience 

• Knowledge and practical experience of configuring SIEM and data analytics platforms (e.g. Splunk, Elastic Stack) 

• Knowledge and experience analysing software and firmware threats targeting Windows endpoints (e.g. trojans, bootkits, ransomware) 

• Knowledge and experience of Security Operations Centre (SOC) workflows, incident response methodologies and metrics (e.g. NIST SP 800-61, SANS, Mean-Time-To-Detect, Mean-Time-To-Respond)  

• DevOps tools (git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes)