Internship: Information and Cybersecurity at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Key responsibilities:

Under supervision, the Intern will be required to:

• Attend technical and on-the-job training as required across the internship areas 
• Perform research to solve the open research problem(s) as identified in different research and technical projects within the internship areas.
• Contribute towards software development, and data analytics and cybersecurity engineering in selected projects as per the internship areas.
• Complete technical project activities as assigned across the internship development areas.
• Present projects to the clients and/or relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A National Diploma in computer engineering, computer science, information technology, information systems or a related/relevant field;
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent NQF 7 will be advantageous;

Must have:

• Background in computer systems, data science, information security, cybersecurity and/or software development.
• Practical knowledge of related programming languages such as Python, R, Java, C# and the Linux operating system (and others applicable).
• Knowledge and exposure in software development for experimentation and prototyping.
• Good understanding of cybersecurity concepts and protocols
• Good communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to interact efficiently with diverse teams of people; and discipline to work individually.
• Good time management skills, problem solving as well as critical thinking. 
• Ability to work with different types of data sets and good grasp of analytical tools.