Summer 2025 Cybersecurity Engineer, Vulnerability Management Internship

T-Mobile is synonymous with innovation–and you could be part of the team that disrupted an entire industry! We reinvented customer service, brought real 5G to the nation, and now we’re shaping the future of technology in wireless and beyond. Our work is as exciting as it is rewarding, so consider the career opportunity below as your invitation to grow with us, make big things happen with us, above all, #BEYOU with us. Together, we won’t stop!

Get hands-on experience, training—and a leg up on a bright future.

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T-Mobile is revolutionizing the wireless industry for millions of customers nationwide. Working here means rolling up your sleeves and redefining the status quo with a team that has your back every step of the way!

This is a 12-week paid learning experience during which you’ll be able to connect and network with other interns and leaders within the company. We invite you to come innovate with mentors who will challenge you to develop meaningful skills. You’ll contribute your creativity and outstanding ideas, while working alongside T-Mobile employees. We’ll give you hands-on projects and the chance to create an immediate impact.

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of wireless security?  Then come join the T-Mobile team as a Vulnerability Management Security Engineer..

What It’s Like

Our Vulnerability Management team - is in the business of trust and reliability. We create, maintain the  Scanning Infrastructure & Operations function within the Vulnerability Management organization team comprised of full-time employee individual contributors, managed services, and external partners. The functions include operating and maintaining T-Mobile's vulnerability scanning infrastructure, as well as assisting vulnerability response and remediation tasks with partner and vendor teams.

What You’ll Do:

As a Security Engineer for Vulnerability Management, you will oversee vulnerability assessments to support compliance audits (PCI, FedRamp, IL4). You will partner with a wide range of functional groups including Compliance, Legal, Security Architecture, Product Security and Engineering teams. You are a highly motivated individual with strong emotional intelligence and demonstrated experience in high growth, fast-paced organizations.

You have the ability to lead through conflict, take input from multiple stakeholders and deliver solutions required to address complex security issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automates, documents, shares, educates, delegates, and improves processes.

• Influences and drives adoption of best practices and high quality standards throughout the division.

• Integrates diverse solution components across multiple platforms using industry standard interfaces.

• Presents technical designs and solutions to executives, management, and other audiences to gain consensus and/or project approval.

• Translates business and compliance needs into technical specifications to deliver vulnerability remediation to the enterprise.

• Serves as a subject matter expert for vulnerability management, scanning, and identification.

• Utilizes a risk-based approach to assessing and prioritizing vulnerabilities.

• Works analytically to solve both tactical and strategic problems within the vulnerability management and remediation programs.

• Researches, plans, develops, and oversees the implementations and configurations of vulnerability solutions using industry standard tools, such as, Rapid7, Tenable, Tripwire, NMAP, Qualys, PrismaCloud, Wiz.IO, RiskIQ, application scanners, and other vulnerability scanners on a wide variety of global corporate and business information systems both on prem and cloud based.

• Oversees and maintains technical documentation and architecture drawings related to vulnerability remediation.

• Facilitates the integration of vulnerability management tool data with enterprise systems to automate functions and workflows.

• Participates in and oversees the collection and aggregation of information from a wide variety of sources and formats for relevance to our environment.

• Identifies attack surface reduction opportunities through vulnerability data analysis from enterprise custom and COTS applications.

• Leads the activities to mature vulnerability remediation at T-Mobile and the overall vulnerability management program.

• Contributes as an active member of the Vulnerability Management team; participates in team activities and planning in regards to improving team skills, awareness, communication, reputation, and quality of work.

• Collaborates and communicates with Compliance, Internal Audit, Business teams, and others to identify, analyze, and communicate risk, and provides support around vulnerability management within their business requirements.

• Identifies, develops, and implements mechanisms to address vulnerabilities and how they may lead to incidents in order to enhance compliance with and support of security standards and procedures.

• Coordinates with the Incident Response team to provide data for security incidents as needed.

• Understands compliance requirements that may impact security and effectively collaborates with business areas and project teams to develop security solutions that address these requirements, including supporting QSA activities.

• Works with information systems owners and administrators to understand their security needs and assists with implementing practices and procedures consistent with T-Mobile’s security policies.

• Builds and maintains partnerships with internal T-mobile teams and vendors to further T-mobile’s mission and goals.

• Maintains current knowledge of industry trends and standards; proactively pursues professional growth in the areas of technology, business knowledge, and T-Mobile policies and platforms.

What It Takes

• Proficiency in scripting technologies such Python, Perl, etc.

• Familiarity with Vulnerabilities and vulnerability detection systems, such as Qualys, Rapid 7 and Tenable.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in security in an enterprise environment.

• 1+ years’ experience assessing and implementing vulnerability management tools, vulnerability scan configurations, vulnerability reporting, and vulnerability remediation.

• 1+ years’ hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning tools.

• 1+ years’ in a security engineering role in a vulnerability management enterprise environment.

• Experience researching resolutions to vulnerabilities and hands-on experience with mitigation.

• Understanding of security frameworks such as PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.

• Experience with Windows, Linux, and networking environments.

• Experience with automation and API.

• Demonstrated high level of communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Ability to clearly communicate Information Security matters to executives, auditors, end users, analysts, peers, and engineers, using appropriate language, examples, and tone.

• Ability to quickly understand systems in order to identify and validate security requirements.

• Realistic outlook that understands security problems as a balance of both security and business needs.

• Demonstrated logical and structured approach to time management and task prioritization in support of team work goals.

• Strong analytical skills, documentation skills.

• Experience with change management.

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

• Strong collaborative mindset, able to function as a contributing member of the team.

• Ability to handle highly confidential information in a strictly professional manner.

• Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business with expected night and weekend shifts.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 18 years of age

• Legally authorized to work in the United States

• Must have graduated within the last 12-months, OR  be actively enrolled in a Bachelors or Graduate degree program

• Employees of T-Mobile or Metro by T-Mobile are ineligible for Internships

Employer does not sponsor work visas for this position. Note that this also applies to individuals who are students in F-1 status who desire sponsorship after they complete their education.

Relocation assistance may be provided to program participants who reside more than 50 miles from the internship location.

Intern wages range from $20/hour to $40/hour. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on experience/location.

Never stop growing!
As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn’t have a corporate ladder–it’s more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it’s that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you’re living our values while investing in your career growth–and we applaud it. You’re unstoppable!

T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.

Talent comes in all forms at the Un-carrier. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing ApplicantAccommodation@t-mobile.com or calling 1-844-873-9500. Please note, this contact channel is not a means to apply for or inquire about a position and we are unable to respond to non-accommodation related requests.