Cybersecurity Specialist

About the Job: Cybersecurity Specialist - NSTP 3

This is not just a training program, its a full-time job.

The nuKudo Specialist Training Program (NSTP) is a full-time, W-2 employment opportunity designed to launch your career in cybersecurity. From day one, you are hired as a paid employee of nuKudo, where your job is to train, develop, and prepare for placement in a long-term, high-impact role in the cybersecurity field. Throughout the program and even after your placement with one of our partner organizations, you will remain an employee of nuKudo, with ongoing support, continued upskilling, and long-term professional growth opportunities.

Our office is based in San Antonio, TX, and training is conducted in person.

nuKudo makes a significant investment in each individual, ensuring that only the most driven and capable candidates are chosen. Every assessment is carefully reviewed, and each candidate is thoroughly evaluated before progressing to the next stage.

The application assessment consists of: 

• Initial Application Form 
• Online Challenge
• Logical Aptitude Assessment
• Analytical Aptitude Assessment
• Personality Assessment
• In-Person Interviews

There are 4 stages within the NukuDo Training Program:

1. In-Office Training

2. Certifications & Skills Development

3. Special Projects and Skills Development

4. Placement

Key Responsibilities:

• Fulfill your duties as a full-time cybersecurity professional in training

• Complete intensive, hands-on instruction led by industry experts

• Earn leading certifications (e.g., GCIH and OSCP) and build real-world technical skills

• Apply your training to advanced simulations and team-based projects

• Transition into a cybersecurity role with one of our partner organizations, where you will be embedded as NukuDo employee

• Continue upskilling through structured, biannual professional development

Why Join nuKudo?

• You are a paid employee, not just a trainee or student

• Competitive salary from the start, no tuition, no upfront cost

• No prior IT or cybersecurity background required

• Build a career in roles such as

  • Cybersecurity Analyst

  • SOC Analyst

  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist

  • Incident Responder

  • Penetration Tester

  • And many more!

Ideal Candidates:

• Self-starters with a strong sense of discipline, curiosity, and drive

• Strong problem solvers who thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments

• Excellent communicators with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively

• Adaptable and resilient when facing new challenges

• Passionate about launching a career in cybersecurity

• Additional qualities that can be beneficial include:

  • A degree in higher education

  • An active or eligible security clearance

  • Willingness and ability to relocate

  • Some prior IT or cybersecurity experience

Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

• Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent

• Must be at least 18 years old

• Must pass a 17-panel drug test

• Undergo and pass a financial, civil, and criminal background check

Please refer to the following information before you answer the question regarding Self-Identification as a Veteran in the application form:

This employer is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, 38 U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA), which requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment: (1) disabled veterans; (2) recently separated veterans; (3) active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans; and (4) Armed Forces service medal veterans. These classifications are defined as follows:

• A "disabled veteran" is one of the following:
  • a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
  • a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service connected disability.

• A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veterans discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
• An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
• An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Protected veterans may have additional rights under USERRA the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. In particular, if you were absent from employment in order to perform service in the uniformed service, you may be entitled to be reemployed by your employer in the position you would have obtained with reasonable certainty if not for the absence due to service. For more information, call the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), toll-free, at 1-866-4-USA-DOL.

As a Government contractor subject to VEVRAA, we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA.