Internet Measurement Research Intern

Full Time
4 months ago
Who We Are

The name ThousandEyes was born from two big ideas: the power to see things not ordinarily possible and the ability to collect insights from a multitude of vantage points. As organizations rely more on cloud services and the Internet, the network has become a black box they can't understand. Our Internet and cloud intelligence platform delivers the only collectively powered view of the Internet, cloud and SaaS platforms, helping enterprises and service providers work together to identify problems before it impacts revenue, damages brand reputation, or halts employee productivity.

In August 2020, Cisco Systems completed the acquisition of ThousandEyes, which now forms the ThousandEyes Business Unit within Cisco’s Network Services Business Group, and is a foundational component of Cisco’s growing Observability business.

About The Role

Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Start date: Summer 2024

Duration: 3 months

We have an exciting summer internship available at Cisco within our ThousandEyes business unit. ThousandEyes was recently acquired by Cisco in one of the highest profile acquisitions of 2020.

What You’ll Do

You'll be working on Internet measurement research topics focusing on BGP monitoring and data analysis. You will collaborate with the team that researches, designs, and operates a global and reliable Internet routing monitoring infrastructure. Your work will contribute to the ThousandEyes Platform that measures, correlates, and visualizes BGP data and alerts on BGP incidents. ThousandEyes customers world-wide use this platform to detect and troubleshoot outages.

What We're Looking For
  • Experience with Internet measurements tools and data, such as RIPE RIS, RouteViews, and RIPE atlas.
  • Excellent programming skills and experience with languages such as Python, Go, and REST.
  • Solid Computer Science fundamentals.
  • Good collaboration and communication skills.
  • Ongoing Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science or similar.
  • Familiarity with Internet measurement research and relevant academic work published in conferences, such as ACM Internet Measurement Conference, ACM SIGCOMM, Passive and Active Measurement Conference, and Traffic Monitoring and Analysis Conference. 

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