College Intern - Cyber Security - Strategic Defense Department

Requisition ID: 19121

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

- 401(k) plan with employer matching

- Access to a recreation and fitness facility

- Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs: College interns are eligible to receive $1000 per calendar year

Summary

SRP's Cyber Security Strategic Defense department is seeking an intern to support a wide range of functions within the Threat Management team. Threat Management serves as SRP's cyber security operations center (SOC), and is responsible for detection, response, and remediation of cyber security events across the enterprise.

The student intern will work daily scheduled hours based on the department’s needs, with a minimum requirement of 15 hours and up to 29.5 hours per week maximum.

Must be able to work 2 days on-site per week, with remaining time working remotely.

What You'll Do

Develop skills and learn procedures to effectively identify, detect, contain, eradicate, recover, and document cyber incidents in an enterprise environment to effectively defend against cyber threats.

- Maintain awareness of current threat landscape utilizing threat intelligence from government and industry partners, as well as information security community resources.

- Learn about malware, cyber threat hunting, security analytic tool best practices, and vulnerability management.

- Support internal tool sets, including antivirus, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), IPS/IDS, sandboxing/emulation, forensic software, Network Detection & Response (NDR), etc.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and other cyber security teams on security control design, deployment, and configuration.

- Cultivate an understanding of SRP's network environment, critical applications, and infrastructure.

- Identify opportunities to develop new detections and monitoring capabilities based on log data and telemetry.

- Create and maintain documentation related to procedural workflows within the Security Operations domain, including playbooks, tool support guides, and knowledge base articles.

What It Takes To Succeed

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

- Strong understanding of Computer Operating systems, software, and hardware.

- Solid understanding and knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures. within the Information Technology and Cyber Security fields.

- Ability to communicate well with others and to perform work in a team environment.

- Demonstrate a growth mindset and exhibit a collaborative work style.

- Detail orientated, critical thinking, problem solving in a fast-paced technical setting.

Education

College level coursework (100+) from an accredited institution will be evaluated on an individual basis according to the skill/level to determine if applicable to the position by management.

Testing and Certifications

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona.

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visas.