Cybersecurity Intern

JOB SUMMARY:

As a year-round Cybersecurity Intern, you have the opportunity to make an impact at Oshkosh Corporation by helping to protect significant company assets in the form of information, computers, and technology. Your Cybersecurity rotational internship will support Cybersecurity’s mission to improve the security posture of the whole company. The role will rotate through different opportunities including security awareness and education, operations/incident response, and engineering. This rotation will help you to build an understanding of all the responsibilities that a Cybersecurity professional could undertake.  While in this role, you will have the opportunity to learn industry best practices and work with different toolsets that will make you an attractive candidate for your future career.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Learn how to identify, analyze, and apply security best practices in a fast moving, technology driven workplace.
• Work in a Security Operation / Incident Response Team
• Analyze live phishing emails, malware, and other cybersecurity cases through an investigative process.
• Create reports, analyze, and deliver briefings of various security metrics to inform administration and executives about what security events our company are currently facing.
• Use communication and marketing techniques to help our Security Education and Awareness Program.
• Include designing and running phishing simulations.
• Create outreach articles that communicate current cybersecurity events.
• Participate, design, develop, test, and integrate technology and information security controls.
• Build and implement new servers and applications to enhance our security posture.
• Maintain current infrastructure by learning how to monitor and troubleshoot issues.
• Support, evaluate, and continuously improve information technology, security controls and business processes to maintain alignment with business goals.
• Create plans and schedule activities for different projects within cybersecurity.
• Discover how information technology, security, and business practices support strategic business processes/plans.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Working towards an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Communications, Information Systems, Information Security or related field.
• Have a desire to continue with a career in cybersecurity.
• Ability to work year round in Oshkosh, WI.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Sophomore or Freshman standing in a university or degree program.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• No experience required, but cyber security or information technology experience is a benefit.
• Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Very Detail oriented.
• Information Security coursework applicable to internship responsibilities.

EXPERIENCE YOU WILL GAIN:

• Technical knowledge on cybersecurity and associated technologies.
• Ability to prioritize assigned tasks and report on their status.
• Understanding of organizational structure and communication flows across functions.
• Networking experience with other interns and professionals.