POSITION SUMMARY
The Department of Innovation & Performance is seeking a Cybersecurity Intern to assist the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with many components of the City’s information systems security program.
Qualified applicants must be available for a minimum of 15 hours per week, and be a full-time undergraduate/graduate student in good academic standing with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference will be given to students with working knowledge of TCP/IP, Microsoft Word, Visio, Excel, and web design (HTML or WYSIWYG editor). Preference will also be given to students majoring in Computer Science, Information Science, Cybersecurity or enrolled in a degree program with a concentration in Information Technology.
Salary: $15.00 per hour
- WORK EXPERIENCE: None required for this position.
- EDUCATION/TRAINING: Must be currently enrolled as a full-time student and taking classes in an accredited college or university undergraduate or graduate program; OR have graduated within the last 12 months. Must have a minimum G.P.A of 3.0.
POSITION DUTIES
- Reviews and updates documentation for policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
- Researches and evaluates applications and services for use by the City of Pittsburgh; provide a matrix when possible, detailing features within each different application or service.
- Provides assistance with the deployment and upkeep of the information security department’s website content.
- Provides first level compliance monitoring and investigations.
- Assists with forensics analysis and fact gathering.
- Assists with vulnerability assessments and penetration testing for specific applications, services, networks and servers as required.
- Assists with applications/tools including but not limited to SIEM, IPS, Netflow, e-mail gateway protection, and DLP tools.
- Performs compliance audits against institutionally accepted security controls.
- Records and track IT security incidents, including but not limited to copyright violations, compromised accounts, e-mail threats, and abuse reports from various sources.
- Performs other related tasks and duties that are assigned or required.
