Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. C3 operates a Security Operations Center focused on protecting clients from cybersecurity threats. The SOC Analyst Internship provides students and aspiring cybersecurity professionals with hands-on experience monitoring alerts, investigating potential threats, conducting threat hunting, and supporting cybersecurity incident response under guided coaching.

Responsibilities

• Complete the C3 SOC Analyst training program
• Learn the basics of Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), threat detection, and cybersecurity incident response (IR)
• Monitor, detect and respond to security events from reviewing logs and alerts, and provide support when analysis confirms actionable incidents
• Conduct network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of threat hunting and investigations
• Assist with auditing client security tool policies and configurations
• Assist in projects to streamline, improve and create required operational tools, rule sets, processes, and documentation related to SOC workflows
• Assist in testing, analyzing, and evaluating existing or proposed SOC team tools, utilities, systems, and processes
• Perform threat intelligence research with newly identified threats and vulnerabilities
• Develop, document, and correlate recommendations for cybersecurity incidents and alert tickets

Skills

• • Enrolled in a relevant IT/Cybersecurity degree program in LSU or LSU satellite campus
• • Basic understanding of networks and technical environments, including conceptual knowledge of administering, defending, and analyzing servers or workstations
• • Experience working with Operating Systems (Windows, macOS, or Linux)
• • Basic analytical, problem-solving, time management, organizational, and project management skills
• • Effective verbal and written communication skills
• • Ability to work in a collaborative team environment, multitask, and prioritize during high-stakes security situations
• • Comfortable using and/or learning tools such as Teams and Office
• • Ability to follow defined processes and procedures, work independently and make decisions with minimal direction
• • Experience with security tools in a work or lab\• environment (lab = academic lab or home lab set up with servers, big data, and security tools set up to conduct tasks specific to analysis and triage of security data and events)
• • October 12, 2026 - Feb 12, 2027
• • Location: Remote (Louisiana preferred)
• • This internship opportunity is open to any capable US-based individual with a dedicated and proven interest in building their career in cyber
• •Our SOC began as a homegrown Louisiana-based company, focused on establishing Louisiana as a cybersecurity center of excellence. That means being the best at what we do so that we can bring 5,000 industry jobs to the state of “Union, Justice, and Confidence”. We would love to provide this internship opportunity to a student or resident of the state
• •As such, this cohort is only accepting applicants who are or will be enrolled in a Computer Science or Cybersecurity focused degree program in October 2026
• For students further along in their IT/Information Security studies or individuals who have decided to pursue a career in cyber and have work experience or completed self-study training via platforms such as LetsDefend, TryHackMe, Hack The Box, RangeForce, Udemy, Cybrary, Coursera, etc.)

Benefits

• Complete the C3 SOC Analyst training program
• Guided coaching and independently driven, hands-on activities
• Real-world experience working within a SOC
• We will work with your academic institution if they offer academic credit.
• Remote work

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