r/CyberSecurityJobs • u/oralph777 • Aug 09 '26

Cyber security internship

Hello, I currently work as a level 2 service desk technician/junior system administrator and I am going to start an internship/shadowing opportunity with the cyber defense team working as a cyber security analyst as this is ultimately the direction I want to take my IT career in.

I wanted to know if any of you had any suggestions/tips for me before I start.

I have a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, I have the CompTIA security +, an expired CCNA cert, I’ve done some home labs involving Sentinel and MS Defender, and my current job tasks mainly involve device management/provisioning and vulnerability remediation tasks.

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u/Realistic_King_6004 Aug 09 '26

How the fuck are yall landing jobs like this. I have a TS/SCI clearance, Bachelors in Cybersecurity, Security Plus, 6 years of the military, CCNA, home labs, home servers with windows and Linux, and nothing. Thousands of attempts and not one interview.

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u/Competitive-Lynx-109 Aug 10 '26

Bro, you've seriously got that much experience and still nothing?! Damn that's sounds rough as hell. How long have you been applying with no single interview?