Cybersecurity Analyst Intern

Company Overview
MCNC is a North Carolina non-profit client-focused technology organization. Founded in 1980, MCNC owns and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), one of America's longest-running regional research and education networks. With over 40 years of innovation, MCNC provides protected Internet, cybersecurity services, and related technology services. Learn more about what we do and our service portfolio at www.mcnc.org.

Position Summary
This is an internship position in MCNC's cybersecurity operations team. It requires exposure to networking, system administration, or cybersecurity concepts, and a self-reliance in being able to research new concepts as you encounter them. Direct experience with cybersecurity solutions is a plus but is not required. As an intern, you will support the cybersecurity team by assisting in day to day tasks such as identifying threats and vulnerabilities, responding to them, and working to mitigate or remediate them. If you are looking to break into cybersecurity, this is an excellent opportunity to do so!

Key Responsibilities/Duties

• Grow to understand how a modern cybersecurity team utilizes multiple tools to provide layered approach to the environments and assets it protects.
• Provide assistance in extracting value from the logs and activity generated by the tools the team supports.
• Review team documentation for completeness, applicability, and accuracy through following steps outlined in the lab.
• Complete an internship project as agreed upon with the Manager of Cybersecurity Operations. Examples could be automated alerting from within our log management solution, refinement of team documentation, filtering and dashboarding of tickets within our ticketing system, automation of daily tasks, or something else that is clearly defined and which success can be measured.

Minimum Education, Experience and Skills Requirements

• Current student pursuing an Associates or Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or another related field.
• Exposure to the following cybersecurity areas:
  • Cyber Hygiene
  • Patch Management
  • Endpoint Protection
  • Vulnerability Assessment / Vulnerability Management
  • Security Monitoring / Intelligence gathering and analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with coworkers, management team, MCNC customers, and vendors. Must be able to deliver written material and presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Able to work in a responsible and proactive fashion collaboratively or with minimal direct supervision.
• Comfortable collaborating across department boundaries to establish positive working relationships and drive operational security improvements without direct control of, or supervision of assets.
• A willingness to adapt to new solutions as the growing catalog of Vital Cyber offerings evolves and changes over time.

The following are not required, but will set you apart from other candidates

• Relevant industry certifications from CompTIA, ISC2, SANS, Microsoft, Cisco, Palo Alto etc.
• Experience in Scripting, Automation, API usage, Git, etc.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

MCNC is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.