Risk Services Cybersecurity Testing Poly Internship (Sep 26 Feb 27)

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Job Location:

Singapore - Singapore

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

TMT X-Sector

Specialism

Product Innovation

Management Level

Intern/Trainee

Job Description & Summary

At PwC we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. Were a tech-forward people-empowered network with more than 370000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance tax and legal deals and consulting we help clients build accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at .

Our Risk Services Practice provides an invaluable safeguard in todays complex operating environment with insights and independent assurance. We work with clients to deliver business control to help them to protect and strengthen every aspect of their business from people to performance systems to strategy business plans to business resilience. We help clients manage mitigate and control risks from potential cybersecurity breaches to possible breaks in the supply chain. We assess and prepare businesses by looking into their technology finance data analytics regulatory requirements data security and privacy internal audit and the third parties our clients rely on to help clients deliver quality results and meet their strategic objectives.

About the Role

We are looking for motivated and curious Polytechnic students to join PwCs Cybersecurity Security Testing team as interns for a period of 6 months or 1 year. This internship offers an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in offensive security and security assessments - including Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) Host Configuration Review (HCR) Source Code Review (SCR) and Red Teaming (RT) within a professional services environment.

In addition to supporting the teams day-to-day security testing engagements interns will also have the opportunity to explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation tools can be used to improve productivity streamline workflows and enhance both our internal processes and our technical offensive security work.

Key Responsibilities

As a Cybersecurity Security Testing Intern you may be involved in the following:

Support the team in performing security assessments including VAPT HCR and SCR.
Assist in Penetration Testing (PT) engagements across web mobile infrastructure and other targets - learning to identify validate and safely exploit vulnerabilities.
Support Red Teaming (RT) engagements by helping to simulate real-world adversary Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) to test client detection and response capabilities.
Assist in setting up test environments executing test cases analysing results and documenting findings and recommendations.
Help prepare clear well-structured reports and supporting evidence for client deliverables.
Conduct research on emerging cyber threats vulnerabilities tools and offensive security techniques.
Explore and apply AI tools and automation to improve how we work; for example building scripts dashboards or lightweight workflow automation that enhance team efficiency reporting quality and knowledge sharing.
Apply AI-assisted approaches to technical offensive security work where appropriate (e.g. reconnaissance data analysis tooling and payload/script generation etc.).
Contribute ideas and work closely with team members on special projects related to security testing innovation tooling and process transformation.

We are looking for students who are:

Currently pursuing a Diploma in Cyber Security Information Technology Information Security Computer Science Computer Engineering or related disciplines.
Genuinely interested in offensive security security testing and how attackers think and operate.
Curious about how AI and automation can be applied to both business/internal workflows and technical offensive security.
Analytical detail-oriented and willing to learn and be challenged.
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Good interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative team-first mindset.
Proactive resourceful self-driven and open to taking initiative.

Preferred Skills / Bonus Points:

Students with any of the following will have an added advantage:

Familiarity with common security testing tools (e.g. Kali Linux Nmap Burp Suite Metasploit or similar).
Basic scripting or programming ability (e.g. Python Bash PowerShell).
Exposure to AI/LLM tooling (e.g. prompt engineering using APIs building simple AI-enabled scripts dashboards or automations).
Participation in Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions bug bounty programmes publicly discovered security flaws or acknowledged CVEs or published research/tools in the offensive security space.
While not mandatory certifications such as eJPT CEH CRT or OSCP - or equivalent self-driven learning are a plus as they reflect the enthusiastic capable and self-motivated mindset we are looking for.

Education (if blank degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback Active Listening Communication Emotional Regulation Empathy Inclusion Intellectual Curiosity Optimism Teamwork Well Being

Desired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

Government Clearance Required

Job Posting End Date

Required Experience:

Intern

Line of ServiceAssuranceIndustry/SectorTMT X-SectorSpecialismProduct InnovationManagement LevelIntern/TraineeJob Description & SummaryAt PwC we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. Were a tech-forward people-empowered network with more than 37...