Cybersecurity Intern

Cai - Sacramento, CA

Full-time - Intern

Remote - Sacramento, CA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Cybersecurity Intern position at CAI is a full-time, remote internship designed for students pursuing a Bachelor's degree. The intern will assist in security assessments and compliance activities, contributing to the organization's cybersecurity efforts and helping to improve security controls. This role provides an opportunity to work closely with senior cybersecurity professionals and gain practical experience in the field.

Responsibilities

• Support and perform security assessment and accreditation activities on IT systems and applications, including security audits and compliance, risk assessments, security plans, and system tests and evaluations.
• Support and conduct verification and validation security testing.
• Review and document policy, incident response, and remediation gaps.
• Collaborate with senior cybersecurity professionals to execute action plans for compliance-related findings and recommendations.
• Document and provide relevant supporting data that would be used for remediation activities.
• Provide support relative to security control implementation.
• Support the maintenance of security policies and procedures.
• Assist with testing of security controls to ensure protection of systems.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
• Junior status with 3.5 GPA or higher.
• Able to meet established deadlines.
• Works well in a team environment.
• Technical aptitude to quickly grasp and understand system functionality.
• Attention to detail.
• Good documentation skills.
• IT network or systems administration experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and IT controls is desired, but not required.
• Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+ (Sec+).
• Cybersecurity Analyst (CYSA+), or other security-related certifications are desired, but not required.