# Internship: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Experimentation Lab (DEL)

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Fort Belvoir, VA
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $41,600.00 - $75,200.00
**Category**: Defence & Intelligence

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## Description

This internship provides rotational exposure to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Experimentation Lab (DEL) operations within a cleared DoW environment.

You will gain hands-on experience supporting advanced Research & Development (R&D) initiatives, assisting the team to identify, recommend, develop, and integrate reliable and secure IT solutions to challenges associated with current and evolving DTRA RD's mission into the DEL enterprise.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- Assist the DEL team with development of automation tools, data delivery, and workflows utilizing AI.

- Assist the team with data lake direction and fine-tuning and customizing LLMs for specific tasks and domains.

- Support the team with automating infrastructure and supporting platform creation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

- Assist with automating tasks for the DEL environments to improve efficiency.

- Adhere to all physical security, information security, and property accountability requirements within a cleared environment.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Currently enrolled in a degree program (Junior/Senior level preferred).

- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

- Good written and verbal communication skills.

- US Citizenship required.

- Interim or active Secret clearance (or ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance).

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Coursework in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, or related field.

- Familiarity with scripting and programming language.

- Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering.

The pay range for this job level is $41,600.00 - $75,200.00.

## Skills

### Required
- AI
- Automation
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- LLMs
- Scripting
- Programming

### Nice to have
- Information Technology
- Cybersecurity
- Business Administration
- Prompt Engineering

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