GRC Team Intern (Fall 2026)

Available Location: Austin TX

About Cloudflares Security Team

Security is at the heart of Cloudflares mission to help build a better Internet. Anytime we push code it automatically affects the millions of Internet properties (powering websites remote teams APIs mobile apps etc.) running on our global network. Cloudflares network is one of the largest in the world spanning over 330 cities in more than 125 countries and operating within 50 milliseconds of 95% of the Internet-connected population.

The Security Governance Risk and Compliance team (GRC) is a sub-team of Security. Our job is to make sure that Cloudflare has the right controls in place to secure our systems and customer data. We work cross-functionally with almost every team at Cloudflare to implement new controls manage risk and demonstrate our security posture to auditors and customers.

About the Internship Program

The ideal Security intern is passionate about making the Internet a more secure place. You will work alongside experienced security team members to partner with them in planning executing and overseeing initiatives that help improve Cloudflares security posture. We are looking for interns who are curious proactive and able to approach problems with a security-first mindset. This is a unique opportunity for candidates who want to learn how to defend systems at a scale that few other companies can offer.

What youll do

As a GRC intern you wont just be checking boxes. Over 12-16 weeks you will:

• Execute a specialized project that directly improves Cloudflares security posture.
• Improve the maturity of Cloudflares Security Compliance program by working on projects like:
• Evaluating the efficacy of Cloudflare security controls implemented across the organization.
• Developing and implementing automated solutions to improve Governance Risk and Compliance processes and operations integrating with existing security engineering and AI tools.
• Supporting the security risk register by triaging and assessing potential risks proposing mitigation strategies and presenting key security insights to leadership.
• Supporting Cloudflares security data center audits and assessments.
• Work cross-functionally with Legal People Engineering and Finance teams to integrate security into the fabric of the company.
• Work closely with a mentor who will provide hands-on guidance in your specific security domain.
• Connect and learn from our executives and leadership team including our co-founders.
• Present your security project to the entire company at the end of the internship.
• Write for our Cloudflare blog and be featured on sessions.

You can check out our internship blogs to learn more about our program and hear directly from our past interns.

Examples of desirable skills knowledge and experience

• Working knowledge of industry-standard frameworks such as NIST 800-53 ISO 27001 or SOC 2 principles through coursework or personal study.
• Understanding of risk management methodologies - identifying threats assessing impact/likelihood and suggesting mitigation strategies.
• Ability to write basic Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks such as interacting with APIs or data cleaning.
• Workflow Logic & Orchestration - experience with if-this-then-that logic in automation platforms.
• Understanding how to instruct AI models effectively and leverage them to perform day-to-day tasks.
• Ability to build deploy a full application
• Technical writing/documenting
• Observability and metrics experience
• Prompt engineering or experience using LLM coding
• Familiarity and previous use of cloudflare products: Workers Workers AI R2 D1
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills and drive to learn and adapt new technologies.
• Curiosity empathy and ability to get things done.
• Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship.
• In the office 3-5 days a week in the location of the internship.

Bonus points

• Demonstrated passion for security & software development such as personal projects open-source contributions or experience
• Youve built something with our developer platform using Cloudflare for Students

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

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