Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Southwest Airlines is an airline committed to providing employees with opportunities for learning, personal growth, and meaningful contributions. The Cybersecurity Analyst Intern will support Threat Informed Defense and Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams through threat investigation, vulnerability assessment, security documentation, risk management, compliance initiatives, and technical testing.
Responsibilities
- Work with business customers to conduct needs analysis relative to systems and business processes to create quality technical solutions
- Contribute to the documentation of security processes and procedures, and participate in vulnerability assessments and scanning, assisting in documenting, prioritizing, and tracking vulnerabilities
- Ensure solutions are aligned with internal tooling, business strategies, and comply with departmental standards
- Manage timeframes for designing, coding, testing, and implementing to ensure solutions are delivered on time and within budget
- Serve as a resource to ensure effective communications between business and Technology Teams
- Participate in systems and acceptance testing
- Scope of work varies depending on the Team assignment
Skills
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity governance concepts and principles, developing skills and knowledge in information technology (IT) operations, programming, systems/software development, or another IT related field
- Coursework or experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud concepts
- Coursework or experience with Risk Management Basics
- Coursework or experience with PCI DSS Overview
- Coursework or experience with Privacy Fundamentals
- Coursework or experience with ServiceNow Fundamentals
- Coursework or experience with Power BI Data Visualization
- Coursework or experience with Data Analysis and Reporting
- Coursework or experience with Agile Fundamentals
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Problem solving ability and strong written/verbal communications skills
- Strong communication skills, including ability to describe technical details to non-technical partners
- Ability to stay organized and manage multiple and concurrent assignments under tight deadlines
- Required: Full-time 40hrs a week
- Must maintain a consistent weekly schedule during normal business hours at a max of 8hrs per day
- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent education required
- Progress towards degree, major, or minor in Cybersecurity, MIS, Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or Information Technology, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering OR similar degree
- Progress towards a 4-year undergraduate degree or graduate degree is required
- To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled as a full-time student (as defined by your university) at the time of application and during the internship
- Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA at the time of application is required
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
- You must have a valid U.S. Social Security Number to complete the full hiring process
- This position requires authorization to work in the United States as a permanent employee without sponsorship now or in the future
- Coursework or experience with Incident Response (including NIST CSF) preferred
- Works well in a culture that is open, direct, respectful, courteous and compassionate preferred
- 1-2 semesters remaining at the time the internship ends is preferred
Benefits
- This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for trainings, meetings, conferences, etc.
- Receive free unlimited space available travel privileges for yourself (taxes and fees may apply on international travel)
- Interns will be provided with any required equipment, such as a laptop, for the internship
- Throughout the internship, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop as a future professional while making a meaningful impact.
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