Platform DevSecOps Engineer Intern (Summer 2025)

Who You Are Are you passionate about enhancing security and automating processes for modern, cloud-native infrastructure? 
As a Platform DevSecOps Engineer Intern, you will help design and implement solutions that improve security practices in Kubernetes and containerized environments. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools like Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, GitLab, and security frameworks. You’ll contribute to key initiatives in security automation, container security, and incident response, all while working in a collaborative and supportive environment. 
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What You’ll Do

• Develop automation scripts or workflows to streamline security tasks, including container image signing, vulnerability scanning, and Kubernetes runtime policies. 
• Collaborate with team members to integrate security tools into CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems. 
• Create dashboards and reports to track security metrics such as vulnerability remediation and compliance progress. 
• Test and implement Kubernetes security policies in controlled environments, improving them based on team feedback. 
• Develop documentation and guides for secure practices, helping others adopt tools like secure base images and vulnerability scanning workflows. 
• Participate in incident response simulations, contributing to playbooks and identifying opportunities for improvement. 

Qualifications - We encourage you to apply if you think your experience may be a match, even if you do not meet all of the qualifications.

• Junior or Senior-level student currently pursuing a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. 
• Foundational understanding of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC) and secure coding principles. 
• Familiarity with vulnerability scanning, its importance, and its role in software development workflows. 
• Knowledge of DevOps principles and the purpose of CI/CD pipelines in modern software practices. 
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash; experience with compiled languages like Go (Golang) is a plus. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including documenting processes and findings clearly. 
• Curiosity and interest in modern security practices, such as container security and cloud-native infrastructure. 
• Exposure to tools like Kubernetes, Docker, or GitLab is a plus. 
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools or frameworks is a plus. 

Who We AreAt Vail, we believe in the unique power of voice interactions to create more expressive, more intimate, and more efficient interpersonal interactions. Using Vail technology, we make millions of voice interactions better every day. We process around 10% of all toll-free call traffic in the U.S.; 1 in 10 times when someone calls a customer support hotline, Vail is routing or interacting with that call.
We are rapidly growing across multiple dimensions, including our customer base, the scope of products we offer, and the size of our team. Now is the right time for a strong candidate to join and grow with us. We have a supportive culture where employees are encouraged to achieve both personal and team goals because we believe growth leads to both business impact and personal fulfillment. 
We are striving to implement and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment for all employees by sourcing underrepresented groups and continually empowering those individuals within our organization to further enrich Vail’s communication solutions. We recognize that equitable and unique individuals benefit our teams’ problem-solving, innovation, and development efforts. 
Our offices are located in Deerfield and Chicago, IL. Interviews and onboarding are conducted in our offices when possible. We observe a hybrid work format that provides employees flexibility to collaborate with team members based on business needs.