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Santa Clara, CA

Intern - Security Researcher (PhD)

Internship
Technology & Digital
Software engineering
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Palo Alto Networks

Enterprise cybersecurity platform solutions
80.6
Palpable Score
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Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for a passionate and self-driven Security Researcher Intern to join our Cloud-Delivered Security Services team. As a Security Researcher you will play a critical role in developing and refining security content that powers our next-generation products. You’ll work on building and optimizing automation systems to gather and process real-time data, supporting the detection and prevention of malware and other digital threats. Collaborating with experienced security researchers, you’ll analyze emerging threats and contribute to robust security solutions.

Our Internship Program

Our program provides mentorship, hands-on experience, and the opportunity to work on impactful projects. You’ll connect with other interns, recent graduates, and seasoned professionals, thriving in an environment that values curiosity, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Your Impact

Qualifications

Your Experience

About the company

Palo Alto Networks

Company overview
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that sells platforms and services for network security, cloud security, and security operations. The company also runs incident response and security consulting through Unit 42. Palo Alto Networks serves large enterprises, governments, and regulated industries, aiming to “platformize” security so customers can reduce tool sprawl. The company operates globally and hires across engineering, product, sales, and customer-facing security roles.

Locations and presence

Palo Alto Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with offices and teams across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Palo Alto Networks also advertises FLEXWORK as the company approach to how and where people work, including roles that are explicitly listed as remote in some locations.

Palpable Score

80.6
/ 100
Palo Alto Networks offers multiple credible entry points for graduates, including internships, new grad roles, and academy-style pathways under LEAP, and backs these with structured learning and peer support. The main limiter is hiring transparency: candidate-reported experiences suggest a consistent multi-stage structure in many cases, but timelines and perceived professionalism can vary by team. Pay signals are solid, especially where compensation ranges and intern market rates are visible, but early-career pay clarity is not equally easy to verify across regions and job families.
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