2027 - IT Security Intern

Transcard Payments•Chattanooga, TN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Transcard offers an internship program in the FinTech industry. Our program is designed to provide you with meaningful projects utilized by the business. You’ll see the direct impact of your contribution and get an inside perspective of your desired field while working alongside some of the best in our industry. We continually strive to identify qualified individuals for post-graduate opportunities beyond the internship program. This intern position will operate Monday-Friday during standard business hours. This position is a paid internship, compensation will be based on the qualifications of the applicant. Our goal is to allow you to gain a better understanding of the day-to-day responsibilities within the IT Security department while working toward your professional goals as related to your academic coursework.

Requirements

First and foremost, the successful candidate will be inquisitive to clarify their deliverables, acquire meaningful, real-world experience, and reinforce their classroom learning experiences.
Must have majored in Information Security studies the last two years of higher education.
Familiarity with commercial vulnerability scanners, such as NeXpose, Qualys, Tenable, IVM, etc
Ability to work independently with little oversight.
Must have good time management, communication, and organizational skills.
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

A previous InfoSec internship would be beneficial but is not required.

Responsibilities

Interview InfoSec and IT engineers and use tools to catalog all security event log sources from on-premise and cloud systems.
Collaborate with InfoSec staff to ensure all log sources are reporting in to the SIEM system.
Analyze the existing SIEM alerts; produce a report with recommendations for improving security alerts to relevant staff.
Collaborate with InfoSec staff to ensure full compliance with various auditing frameworks.
Setup daily reports that include aggregated, “rolled up” FIM and key security events, such as APTs and IOCs.
Take part in the daily security event log review process.
Correlate enterprise changes to change tickets or other communication method.
Identify internal and external nefarious activity on our systems and recommend actions to render it harmless.
Perform application and network vulnerability scans on a recurring and ad hoc basis. Track remediation efforts based on policy-defined SLAs.