Booking Holdings Romania - Intern Security

Booking Holdings Romania is a Center of Excellence based in Bucharest, Romania and was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of our Brands.

As part of our Booking Holdings Romania team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of the world’s leading provider of online travel, with a mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world through five-primary consumer facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable.

Role description

The Cyber Security Incident Response Intern will work closely with the L1 Cyber Security Incident Response Team, which serves as the front line of the organization's cyber defense. The intern will have the opportunity to observe and assist in detecting and responding to cyber threats in real time, gaining exposure to state-of-the-art tools, processes and technologies. This role is focused on learning and understanding how a CSIRT operates, including its workflows, processes and the intricacies of cyber security incident management

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties 

• Assist the L1 team in monitoring and reviewing cybersecurity alerts raised by various security tools such as SOAR, EDR, XDR, SIEM and email security systems.
• Participate in the analysis of potential malicious emails and phishing attempts under the guidance of senior team members.
• Shadow and learn from the team during different phases of a cybersecurity incident, including preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned.
• Support communication with users and stakeholders to gather relevant information that aids in incident assessment.
• Observe and learn the processes involved in escalating incidents to higher TIERs based on predefined playbooks and SOPs.
• Assist the team in performing IOC sweeps and threat hunting, gaining hands-on experience in identifying potential threats.

Role Qualifications and Requirements

• Passion for technology
• Basic understanding of IT concepts
• Interest in keeping up with new trends and practices in cybersecurity
• Analytical mindset – enjoys investigating and finding solutions
• Creative problem-solving – able to think outside the box
• Motivation to improve and learn every day
• Strong attention to detail
• Good communication skills for working with teams and stakeholders
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-changing environment

Benefits & Perks

• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
• Competitive compensation and benefits package 
• Vast amounts of data to validate your ideas and the opportunity to experiment with real users

Booking Holdings is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.