CYBER RANGE INTERNSHIP
COHORT 3
Four tracks. One live production environment. No lab simulations.
Interns work the same Splunk, AWS, and Okta systems that support real clients, and walk away with documented, verifiable experience that employers can check.
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90
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2027
Jan-Apr Program
Four Tracks. Real Work.
Cohort 3 expands the Range, with new tracks and a heavier production load. Every track ships real, verifiable deliverables that employers look for - not lab exercises.
Technical Program Manager
Coordinates sprints and accountability across all three technical tracks.
Run sprint planning and stand-ups across CTI, SIE, and IAM tracks
Track deliverables against real client-facing deadlines
Coordinate cross-track dependencies (e.g. IAM provisioning feeding SIE access reviews)
Own status reporting up to Kenneth and Steve
Cyber Threat Intel Analyst
Evolved from the Cyber Defense Analyst Track, now with a focus on detection engineering.
Triage and investigate real notable events in Splunk ES
Build and automate detection rules, reducing manual analyst workload
Progress towards structured, proactive threat hunts by the end of the program
Document findings with IOCs and MITRE ATT&CK mapping
Security Infrastructure Engineer
Expanded to extend beyond STIG hardening into live AWS production support.
Apply DISA STIG hardening to production Linux servers
Deploy ad tune SentinelOne EDR across production endpoints
Maintain and support live AWS Cloud PROD environments
Produce formal compliance and infrastructure change reports
IAM Engineer NEW!
Brand-new track built around ECA's Enterprise Okta environment.
Build and maintain ECA's Enterprise Okta account
Manage the user lifecycle, groups, and access policies
Support least-privilege and access-review processes organization-wide
Document identity architecture decisions for audit-readiness
0 lab simulations.
Every deliverable is real in a production environment.
BUILT ON LIVE SYSTEMS.
Most internship programs teach in a sandbox. ECA interns work inside the same environments supporting real clients — with the same stakes, same documentation standards, and same accountability.
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Production, not simulation. Interns work directly in AWS Cloud PROD servers and on-premises Splunk PROD infrastructure supporting active client relationships — not disposable lab environments built to look real.
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DISA STIG compliance track. Federal and DOD-focused employers look for candidates with real compliance hardening experience. ECA is one of the few programs with this offering from Day 1.
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Full Identity stack exposure. With the new IAM Engineer track, Cohort 3 interns build real experience spanning detection, infrastructure, and identity - the 3 pillars most SOC teams hire for.
PROGRAM TIMELINE
Environment access, tooling, track-specific ramp up.
First production tickets, guided by track leads.
Increased transfer of ownership, cross-track collaboration.
End-to-end documented engagement, final review.