What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Application Security Engineer - Summer Intern Program position at Sorenson Communications?
The intern will gain hands-on experience with security testing approaches used in modern delivery environments (including CI/CD-aligned security testing and analysis), validating and documenting results, and understanding how findings are communicated and coordinated through remediation with stakeholders. The intern will also gain hands-on experience with foundational security architecture concepts—such as reference architecture thinking, technical risk context, and how security practices align to regulatory and industry expectations—while collaborating across application, cloud, and operational security domains.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
ASL Video - [TBD]
Sorenson Communications and CaptionCall are committed to connecting people every day through communications access 24/7/365. Our customers rely on us and our innovative technology to quickly deliver accuracy in every conversation. We are industry leaders because, in all our endeavors, our customers sense our passion, our care, and our commitment. This dedication extends to our workplace. Our employees are united and proud to be part of important human interactions and understand that everything we do to facilitate communication creates connections and enhances relationships between people. Sorenson Communications, LLC. offers Video Relay Service (VRS), which gives Deaf, who use American Sign Language (ASL), and hearing people the option to communicate in their preferred language - either ASL or spoken English or Spanish. Sorenson also provides onsite and remote interpreting services between English and various other world languages. CaptionCall, LLC. offers Internet protocol captioned telephone service (IP CTS) using advanced technology and a captioning agent to quickly provide written captions of what callers say on a large, easy-to-read screen.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sorenson Communications and CaptionCall are an EOE, Disability/Age Employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
ASL Video - [TBD]
- Support the Application Security (AppSec) team with day-to-day operations related to Application Security Assurance.
- Assist with security testing activities (e.g., SAST, SCA, DAST) and help validate and triage findings under supervision.
- Support threat modeling reviews by capturing system context (assets, trust boundaries, and data flows) and documenting follow-ups.
- Assist with creating and updating System Security Plan (SSP) documentation for assigned Sorenson systems and services.
- Help streamline and automate SSP artifact/evidence gathering and report generation where possible (e.g., reusable templates and standardized evidence checklists).
- Help build remediation workflow efficiency by supporting the handoff of findings from SAST tools into JIRA (e.g., consistent ticket creation fields and status tracking).
- Assist with developing or updating runbooks and supporting documentation to improve repeatability and operational efficiency.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Foundational understanding of web application concepts and common security risks (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
- Basic familiarity with one or more programming or scripting languages and ability to read code.
- Familiarity with Git and modern development practices (issue tracking, pull requests, CI/CD concepts).
- Exposure to security testing tools (e.g., Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, SAST/SCA tooling) is a plus.
- Strong organization and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Currently attending college or recently graduated in a related field
- Coursework or projects in cybersecurity, software engineering, secure coding, or web security preferred
- CompTIA Security (preferred, not required)
- Duration: 3 months
- Availability: 20 hours/week
- Office Environment: Hybrid
Sorenson Communications and CaptionCall are committed to connecting people every day through communications access 24/7/365. Our customers rely on us and our innovative technology to quickly deliver accuracy in every conversation. We are industry leaders because, in all our endeavors, our customers sense our passion, our care, and our commitment. This dedication extends to our workplace. Our employees are united and proud to be part of important human interactions and understand that everything we do to facilitate communication creates connections and enhances relationships between people. Sorenson Communications, LLC. offers Video Relay Service (VRS), which gives Deaf, who use American Sign Language (ASL), and hearing people the option to communicate in their preferred language - either ASL or spoken English or Spanish. Sorenson also provides onsite and remote interpreting services between English and various other world languages. CaptionCall, LLC. offers Internet protocol captioned telephone service (IP CTS) using advanced technology and a captioning agent to quickly provide written captions of what callers say on a large, easy-to-read screen.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sorenson Communications and CaptionCall are an EOE, Disability/Age Employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.