Role Snapshot
The Information Security Student Intern will gain practical experience working with Villanova University's Information Security Operations team, providing support across security access controls, incident management, and vulnerability remediation in an enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities: Assist with incident and service tickets, vulnerability management scans, threat hunting, and infrastructure security maintenance. Support documentation, process automation, and information security awareness activities while maintaining application inventory and creating runbooks.
Skills & Tools: Required technical skills include familiarity with security tools, vulnerability management platforms, basic programming/scripting, and data analysis capabilities. Strong organizational, communication, and self-directed learning abilities are essential.
Qualifications: Typically requires current enrollment as a student pursuing a degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, or related field with foundational knowledge of information security concepts. Prior experience with security tools or IT support is beneficial but not explicitly required.
Location: Not specified
Compensation: $18–$28/hr (estimated)
Job Description
The Information Security Student Intern will work with the Information Security Operations team, with a primary focus on gaining practical experience and knowledge in information security. The Information Security Intern will provide effective user and technical support, particularly in security access controls and guidance for user applications and other systems critical to Villanova University. Under the guidance of members of the Security Operations group, the intern will actively play an integral part in the implementation, remediation, and compliance of technical security across the enterprise. This is a temporary and semester-based position within the Information Security team which offers a valuable opportunity for hands-on learning and skill development in the realm of information security.
- Technical Support & Maintenance: ·
- Assist members of the Information Security Office with incident and service tickets, including creation and updates of runbooks related to tickets.
- Support the maintenance of the Application Inventory and related processes to automate and ensure the data in this inventory is accurate.
- Participate with programming to support procedures and automation of processes within the department.
- Threat Management and Analysis
- Aid with threat hunting by leveraging data from key systems and threat intelligence from various sources.
- Collaborate and support the vulnerability management process including infrastructure and web application vulnerability management scans.
- Utilize multiple security tools for vulnerability management, unstructured data analysis, and basic security protocols.
- Documentation, Analysis, and Support:
- Contribute to the creation and maintenance of documents such as spreadsheets that track, measure, and facilitate improvement of internal processes.
- Assist with ad hoc projects and initiatives that require analysis and keen desire to learn various tools.
- Assist with information security awareness activities appropriate for campus audiences