Intern - Cyber Security (SOC)

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level

Intern/Trainee

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs, data analytics, innovation, deals, cyber resiliency, response, and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics professionals at PwC, but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe.

Our Cyber Defense team focuses on helping our clients design and implement an effective cybersecurity program and technologies that protect against threats, support business objectives, and enables growth. As businesses move to a digital world, more data is generated and shared among organizations, partners and customers; to have business value, that data needs to be protected. You'll play an integral role in helping our clients ensure they are protected by developing solutions focused on security, efficiently integrate and manage new or existing technology systems to deliver continuous operational improvements and increase their cybersecurity investment, and detect, respond, and remediate threats.

In joining, you'll be a part of a team that values technical and business acumen and provides training and development to extend and develop your skills, while fostering a strong collaborative culture. You'll have the opportunity to help organizations design and create sustainable security solutions at enterprise scale, through a focused approach on enterprise requirements and prioritization, information technology security architecture, and the software development lifecycle.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As an Intern, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues, from strategy to execution.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this level include but are not limited to:

• A 24x7 shift based schedule to continuously monitors the alert queue.
• Triage security and device alerts
• Receives phone calls from clients and create necessary ticket for the incident or request and channel it to the required team for action
• Collects data and context necessary to initiate investigation over to level 2 security analysts
• Follows alerts and incidents playbooks/runbooks
• Responsible for maintaining access to all security tools required for security investigation
• Primarily responsible for security monitoring, detection, response and client care
• Ensure incident identification, assessment, reporting, communication, mitigation and monitoring
• Ensure compliance to SLA, process adherence and process improvements to achieve operational objectives
• Revise and develop processes to strengthen the current Security Operations Framework, review policies and highlight the challenges in managing SLAs
• Communicate with colleagues across the PwC network (Hong Kong, Malaysia, etc.)

Requirements:

• Degree/ Non-degree holders; Pre-university qualifications (i.e, Diploma and Foundation) in Cyber Security or an equivalent field
• 0-1 year of experience in the area of Cybersecurity, SOC or Surveillance
• Proficiency in English (A2-B1 level)/ Basic communication English

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, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Azure Data Factory, Communication, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Framework, Cybersecurity Policy, Cybersecurity Requirements, Cybersecurity Strategy, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Encryption Technologies, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Managed Services, Optimism, Privacy Compliance, Regulatory Response, Security Architecture, Security Compliance Management, Security Control, Security Incident Management, Security Monitoring {+ 3 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

October 19, 2026