Intern - API Security Posture & Governance

Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

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About the Program:

The Zayo Summer Internship Program is designed to cultivate the next generation of telecommunications professionals. Interns will gain meaningful, hands-on experience within a dynamic, fast-paced, and innovative environment. Our goal is to empower, develop, and connect our interns while fostering fresh perspectives and ideas that will drive our organization forward.

Program Details:

• Start Date: June 1, 2026

• Duration: 10 weeks

• Location: Denver, CO (Hybrid/Onsite)

About the Role

Responsibilities

• API Inventory & Risk Assessment

• Assist in identifying and inventorying enterprise APIs.

• Support security reviews to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

• Evaluate APIs against OWASP API Top 10 guidance.

• Governance & Controls

• Help define and validate API security policies and controls.

• Review authentication and authorization implementations.

• Track remediation efforts and posture improvements.

• Documentation & Reporting

• Document findings, risk reports, and remediation recommendations.

• Support implementation of API monitoring and security tooling.

Qualifications

Required

• Currently pursuing a degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field.

• Basic understanding of REST APIs, HTTP, and JSON.

• Awareness of authentication concepts (OAuth, tokens).

• Interest in governance and security risk management.

Preferred

• Exposure to API gateways, WAFs, or security scanning tools.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

What You'll Gain

• Experience securing enterprise-scale API ecosystems.

• Exposure to governance frameworks and risk management practices.

• Mentorship from enterprise security architects.

Note: Applicants must have completed their sophomore year and be enrolled in a degree or certificate seeking program for the fall semester of 2026.

Estimated base pay range for this role: $23.00-$25.00 USD/hour.

The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance and 401(k).

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.