Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.

This role requires a Monday, June 16 start date, with a September 5 end date.

Role Summary

Splunk is looking for Bachelor's or Master's students to join our team for Summer 2025! As a Security Data Scientist Intern, you will work on a real project (or a few) focused on ML detections within security contexts and have an opportunity to enjoy our dynamic, startup-like environment.

You will experience Splunking and what defines our culture while honing the skills which separate our development teams from others. Working to support internal and external customer needs, you will collaborate with multi-functional teams, receive mentorship, and gain insight into our values-driven process. Our goal is both to support your growth and development while empowering you for a successful start to your career.

What you'll get to do

• Achieve data science and product management goals set by you and your mentor within the context of security
• Learn about Splunk, both the product and the company
• Work and socialize with other interns and full-time Splunkers
• Collaborate with diverse partners to help them make data driven decisions around how to improve our products
• Do a short term project that will have visible impact
• Grow your technical and business skills

Must-have Qualifications

• Actively pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics or a related technical field, and a strong record of academic achievement.
• At least one semester/quarter remaining to complete after the internship
• Available to work 40 hours a week for 12 weeks

Nice-to-have Qualifications

We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you.

• You possess superb interpersonal and communication skills
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• You are willing to explore open-ended questions and present compelling arguments using data
• You know how to use Excel, SQL, and visualization tools such as Tableau
• You can apply statistics to real-life security problems
• You have exposure to security data, huge plus if its for large scale analytics
• You can articulate a business case and dissect the value proposition of a product
• You have previous internship in a related field
• Bonus if you can build searches and dashboards in Splunk

Splunk, a Cisco company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Note:

Base Pay is based on a candidate completing 3 years of university or the academic equivalent

Base Pay

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay: $45 per hour

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay: $41 per hour

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay: $36 per hour

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills, year in school and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for benefits.

We Are Cisco: where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. We embrace digital and help our customers implement change in their businesses. Some may think we’re only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. Our culture allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure—if you learn from it. So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world-changing? Be you, with us!