IT Cybersecurity Co-op (Spring 2027)
Wave Life Sciences
September 03, 2026
Remote friendly (Greater Boston)
United States
IT
Six-month full-time Cybersecurity Co-op (IT Security team).
Responsibilities
- Support the Security Operations Center (SOC) by monitoring alerts from CrowdStrike and other security platforms, investigating suspicious activity, and escalating incidents following defined playbooks.
- Learn initial triage and enrichment of security events, document findings, and contribute to root-cause analyses.
- Identify security tool integration/ingestion points to improve telemetry and automation within CrowdStrike and related systems.
- Assist in scheduling, running, and reviewing vulnerability scans across endpoints, servers, cloud environments, and network infrastructure.
- Track remediation efforts with IT operations teams to ensure timely patching and fixes.
- Maintain reporting dashboards on remediation progress, trends, and compliance against defined SLAs.
- Participate in Zero Trust projects, including passwordless authentication and biometric access controls.
- Assist in reviewing RBAC configurations to ensure least-privilege.
- Contribute to documentation/testing for identity governance initiatives (access recertification, MFA expansion).
- Support third-party risk assessments (documentation review, security questionnaires, vendor posture scoring).
- Maintain third-party risk registers and track remediation action items.
- Support cyber-AI risk assessments for open-source ML tools and LLM integrations.
- Document risks (data privacy, model security, supply-chain).
- Assist with policy/compliance updates, WISP documentation, and ISO 27001/NIST CSF evidence collection.
- Assist in phishing simulations and security awareness campaigns; deliver training and improve modules.
Qualifications / Skills
- Enrolled in a Computer Science (or related) bachelor’s program at an accredited university.
- GPA of 3.0+ preferred.
- Strong Windows OS background.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Well-organized; able to work in a team environment.
- Able to manage responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to respond quickly to incidents; complete routine tasks independently over time.
Responsibilities
- Support the Security Operations Center (SOC) by monitoring alerts from CrowdStrike and other security platforms, investigating suspicious activity, and escalating incidents following defined playbooks.
- Learn initial triage and enrichment of security events, document findings, and contribute to root-cause analyses.
- Identify security tool integration/ingestion points to improve telemetry and automation within CrowdStrike and related systems.
- Assist in scheduling, running, and reviewing vulnerability scans across endpoints, servers, cloud environments, and network infrastructure.
- Track remediation efforts with IT operations teams to ensure timely patching and fixes.
- Maintain reporting dashboards on remediation progress, trends, and compliance against defined SLAs.
- Participate in Zero Trust projects, including passwordless authentication and biometric access controls.
- Assist in reviewing RBAC configurations to ensure least-privilege.
- Contribute to documentation/testing for identity governance initiatives (access recertification, MFA expansion).
- Support third-party risk assessments (documentation review, security questionnaires, vendor posture scoring).
- Maintain third-party risk registers and track remediation action items.
- Support cyber-AI risk assessments for open-source ML tools and LLM integrations.
- Document risks (data privacy, model security, supply-chain).
- Assist with policy/compliance updates, WISP documentation, and ISO 27001/NIST CSF evidence collection.
- Assist in phishing simulations and security awareness campaigns; deliver training and improve modules.
Qualifications / Skills
- Enrolled in a Computer Science (or related) bachelor’s program at an accredited university.
- GPA of 3.0+ preferred.
- Strong Windows OS background.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Well-organized; able to work in a team environment.
- Able to manage responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to respond quickly to incidents; complete routine tasks independently over time.