Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs at Boston Consulting Group with Visa Sponsorship

Locations: New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Who We Are

BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenges. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application, and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

BCG Platinion's Cybersecurity team works at the intersection of technology, business transformation, and digital risk. We advise BCG clients in making critical technology decisions—from strategy and architecture to cloud, products, data, and AI—while ensuring cybersecurity and resilience are built into those decisions. We also help clients address cybersecurity-specific challenges including strategy, transformation, security architecture, risk, and resilience.

Cybersecurity Interns at BCG Platinion are:

• Problem solvers. They bring curiosity, analytical rigor, and structured thinking to unfamiliar technology and cybersecurity problems.
• Technologists. They are interested in how modern technology works and how areas such as cloud, software, data, AI, and digital products enable business transformation.
• Clear communicators. They synthesize complex information and communicate insights clearly to technical and business audiences.
• Cybersecurity minded. They understand foundational cybersecurity concepts and are curious about how security and digital risk shape technology and business decisions.
• Collaborative learners. They contribute actively to teams, seek feedback, and rapidly build expertise in new topics.

You’re Good At:

• Breaking down ambiguous technology and cybersecurity questions into structured analyses.
• Conducting research and analysis and synthesizing findings into clear recommendations.
• Understanding how business objectives translate into technology choices and how those choices create cybersecurity and digital-risk implications.
• Analyzing technology environments across areas such as cloud, software, data, AI, products, and enterprise technology.
• Applying foundational cybersecurity concepts to real-world technology and business problems.
• Developing clear written materials and communicating findings to BCG and client teams.
• Working collaboratively across different technical and business perspectives.
• Learning new technology and cybersecurity concepts quickly and applying them to unfamiliar problems.

What You'll Bring

You’ll Bring:

• Enrollment in a bachelor's or master's degree program in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, data/AI, business, or another relevant field.
• Strong academic performance and demonstrated interest in technology, cybersecurity, and digital transformation; graduating between December 2027 and July 2028.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure unfamiliar problems, work with incomplete information, and develop evidence-based conclusions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong curiosity about how technology enables business strategy and how cybersecurity and digital risk affect technology decisions.
• A practical foundation in cybersecurity concepts, developed through coursework, projects, internships, research, certifications, or other relevant experience.
• Familiarity with modern technology environments such as cloud, software development, data and AI, digital products, or enterprise technology.
• Ability to work collaboratively in teams, take ownership of assigned work, and seek feedback to improve quickly.
• High learning agility and enthusiasm for rapidly developing expertise in unfamiliar technology and cybersecurity topics.
• Previous relevant internship, project, research, or extracurricular experience in technology, consulting, cybersecurity, or related fields is a plus.

Additional info

Our timeline: Applications are due at 11:59PM ET on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The application includes two additional components:

• Consulting Career Assessment (CCA): CCA helps us learn more about you beyond what’s reflected in your resume and application. It provides unbiased, multi-dimensional insight into your potential for success at BCG. You will receive an email from Talent Central (email: talentcentral@shl.com) with the subject line: “Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Invites You to Complete an Assessment”. Please note that the assessment must be completed within the timeframe specified in your invitation email.
• Video Cover Letter: Details will be sent via email on a rolling basis (usually within a week of submitting your application). If you apply to more than one Platinion Internship role, you only need to complete one video cover letter.

Locations: New York, NY; Chicago, IL

Please note this program is evaluative, and interns have the opportunity to receive full-time offers. Our internship program operates in an 'office hub' model. If you receive a full-time offer, you can request a different office location outside of these summer hubs; the expected offices for a Platinion AI Tech Consultant, Cybersecurity, full-time offer include Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and Atlanta.

FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

The first year base compensation for this role is between $110,000 - $120,000 USD.

For Full Time Employees, BCG offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, mental health offerings, a generous retirement program, financial guidance, paid time off, and more.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.