Students are given the opportunity to grow personally and professionally while building their resume through practical work experience with a Fortune 500 Company. The cybersecurity co-op position is a year-round, fully remote position. Long-term availability is preferred (at least 1 full year). Position hours are flexible within Monday – Friday 7:00am – 7:00pm; part time (15-28 hours per week). No travel required for position.

The Cybersecurity Co-Op participants will learn key technical and business principles while gaining exposure to multiple areas within the cybersecurity landscape. Candidates for this position must be flexible and adaptable in learning and understanding new technologies. The candidate must also be interested in working with customers to learn how to build and formulate business requirements. Additionally, candidates must be able to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment or independently as business needs dictate and also have the ability to multi-task and handle diverse/complex problems.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future

• Must be currently enrolled in a university or college degree program actively working towards an Associate’s degree or higher in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics, or Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Have prior experience preparing and delivering presentations.

• Have foundational knowledge of fundamental cybersecurity practices

• Have previous experience working in a team-oriented setting including work experience, extracurricular activities, military service, etc.

• Have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, and/or Outlook).

Strategy & Planning

• Analyze, document, and recommend improvements to existing workflows, processes, and standards.

• Work with teams to understand what security techniques and tools need to be deployed to enhance the security of company assets.

• Plan and implement practices to help further reduce cyber risks across the organization.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Implement enterprise-wide security solutions to ensure system availability, confidentiality, and integrity.
• Evaluate and research alternative security tools and techniques.

Operational Management

• Create and maintain documentation regarding organizational or system procedures.

• Work with existing systems to track and manage requests and issues.

• Track client issues and problems, and work with others when necessary to provide a resolution.

Incidental Functions

• Prepare and lead presentations as requested.

• Research, test, or prototype new tools, processes, and/or technologies.

• Assist with various projects as may be required to contribute, individually or with a team, to the efficiency and effectiveness of the work.