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About the Role
This is a hands-on internship providing practical experience across Security Operations (SOC), cloud security, vulnerability management, incident response, and security engineering. You will gain exposure to enterprise security technologies while supporting the protection of business systems and data.
Responsibilities
- Assist with Tier 1 SOC alert triage, investigation, and escalation using Microsoft Sentinel and other security monitoring platforms.
- Investigate potential security incidents by analyzing alerts from firewalls, Microsoft 365, Slack, and other cloud services.
- Perform log analysis across SIEM and cloud platforms to identify suspicious activity and support incident investigations.
- Assist in vulnerability management by validating findings, supporting remediation activities, and coordinating with internal IT teams.
- Support security reviews and risk assessments for new business initiatives, including AI tools, AI agents, and third-party SaaS integrations.
- Support the implementation, testing, and validation of security controls including firewalls, email security, endpoint protection, and cloud security posture management.
- Participate in simulated cyber security exercises, phishing simulations, and purple team activities to validate security controls and SOC detection capabilities.
- Research emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques to improve organizational security awareness.
- Document security incidents, investigations, and recommendations for review by Senior Security Engineers.
- Support and work with compliance team initiatives aligned with standards such as ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR, and internal security policies.
- Contribute to continuous improvements in SOC processes, documentation, automation, and security monitoring capabilities.
Requirements
- Currently studying Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related degree.
- Strong interest in cyber security, cloud technologies, and enterprise IT.
- Basic understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and VPN technologies.
- Familiarity with Windows, Microsoft 365, and cloud-based collaboration platforms.
- Strong analytical thinking with excellent attention to detail.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work collaboratively within a technical team.
- Eagerness to learn and develop professional cyber security skills.
Skills
- Microsoft Sentinel
- SIEM platforms
- ElasticSearch
- PowerShell
- Python
- Vulnerability management
- MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Security automation
- Scripting
Location
- London
Work Type
- Internship
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Currently studying Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related degree.
Benefits
- Mentoring from Senior Security Engineers
- Practical experience in Security Operations Centre (SOC) processes
- Practical experience in Incident response
- Practical experience in Cloud security
- Practical experience in Security engineering
- Practical experience in Vulnerability management
- Practical experience in AI security governance
- Practical experience in Enterprise security architecture
- Practical experience in Security automation
- Practical experience in Compliance and governance
About the Company
- Tencent Overseas IT has the mission to empower Tencent’s rapid global growth with future ready, global IT platforms, applications and services.
- We are chartered to lead the Overseas IT strategy, architecture, roadmap and execution.
- Satisfying our internal/external customers and becoming a world class global IT team are our top aspirations.
Equal Opportunity
- As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community.
- We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.