Spring 2027 Cybersecurity Analyst Internships

The Threat-Informed Defense Team helps strengthen Southwest's cybersecurity posture through Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Adversary Emulation. As a Cybersecurity Intern, you will work alongside experienced cybersecurity professionals to investigate emerging threats, identify malicious activity, and simulate real-world attacks using advanced security tools and threat intelligence platforms. You'll gain hands-on exposure to industry-leading frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK while collaborating across Cybersecurity and Technology teams to improve detection and defense capabilities. This internship provides a unique opportunity to develop practical cybersecurity skills while helping protect one of the nation's largest airlines from evolving cyber threats.

The Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Team helps Southwest identify, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risk while enabling the business to operate securely and responsibly. As a Cybersecurity Intern, you will gain hands-on experience supporting security frameworks, risk assessments, compliance programs, privacy initiatives, cybersecurity metrics and reporting, and emerging areas such as AI governance. You'll collaborate with stakeholders across Technology and business teams to help strengthen governance practices and support organizational risk management efforts. This internship offers valuable exposure to cybersecurity leadership, governance, risk management, compliance, privacy, audit, and security operations while contributing to the team's mission of protecting and enabling the business through proactive risk management and strong security controls.

The Intern will work full-time as a Cyber se curity Analyst Intern within the Technology Department. This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for trainings, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in an approved remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work off-site. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Hampshire New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming, and Puerto Rico.

U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available .

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.

Required: Full-time 40hrs a week

Must maintain a consistent weekly schedule during normal business hours at a max of 8hrs per day

Program Dates: January 26, 2027 - April 23, 20 2 7

$26 - $30 /hour, corresponding with progress towards degree completion

Receive free unlimited space available travel privileges for yourself (taxes and fees may apply on international travel)

Interns will be provided with any required equipment, such as a laptop, for the internship

Education

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent education required

Progress towards degree, major, or minor in Cybersecurity, MIS, Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or Information Technology, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering OR similar degree

Progress towards a 4-year undergraduate degree or graduate degree is required

To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled as a full-time student (as defined by your university) at the time of application and during the internship

1-2 semesters remaining at the time the internship ends is preferred

Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA at the time of application is required