Intern - Year Round (Cyber Security Analyst)

Navy Federal Credit Union • Vienna, VA

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About The Position

The Cyber Advanced Analysis Team (CAAT) in Navy Federal's Information Security Division's Automation and Special Projects group identifies, tracks and mitigates cyber threats to Navy Federal Credit Union Members. Systemic and persistent threats to Navy Federal Members include but are not limited to social engineering, brand abuse, fraud schemes and identity theft. CAAT collaborates with additional teams across Navy Federal to innovate and automate protections against these threats. Potential projects could include: · Investigate phishing sites targeting Navy Federal Members to identify and analyze the phish kits or other infrastructure commonalities across the sites. · Build a machine learning model to categorize or classify deep and dark web threats to Navy Federal Members. · Investigate emerging threats from stablecoins and cryptocurrencies as a result of 2025 policy changes

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Forensics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related degree
• Familiarity with the concepts of social engineering, phishing, credential harvesting or other threat intelligence relevant to financial institutions
• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Effective research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Effective skill maintaining accuracy with attention to detail and meeting deadlines
• Ability to exercise initiative and good judgment to make sound decisions
• Ability to adapt to new technologies
• Effective organizational, planning, and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Retrieve, analyze, and validate data and test accuracy of reported results
• Analyze open source, DDW and internal-to-NFCU member data to understand, predict and identify opportunities to improve member security
• Develop and present proposal on findings from analysis and research to management up to and including senior executives
• Process and update data in automated systems; may generate and analyze reports
• Perform other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees