Internship Overview:
The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands-on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11–week period from May 13- July 26, 2024, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Outside Sales and Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.

Description of the Major/Subject Area:
The Cybersecurity Intern position is an excellent opportunity to contribute to various aspects of Cybersecurity; Application Security, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Incident Response, Risk and Compliance, Identity and Access, and Awareness. The Cybersecurity intern will work independently and in a team to support the organizational strategy and assist in expanding mature cybersecurity processes. This is a temporary role with the potential to grow into a permanent position.

Qualified applicants may be pursuing a Bachelor of Science/Business Administration with a concentration in Cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, information security, math, decision sciences, risk management, engineering or other business/technology disciplines.

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include:

• Deploying various technologies to establish data privacy and security controls

• Helping to improve application security

• Managing system and software vulnerabilities

• Establishing methods for securing connected or "smart" devices

• Developing advanced cyber monitoring and security analytics solutions

• Establishing cyber crisis management capabilities

• Designing and delivering business-focused cyber wargames to prepare our clients with advanced techniques for responding to continually evolving cyber-attacks

• Providing cyber forensics and incident response support

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a relevant degree

• 0-1 years of relevant work experience

• Interest in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team of engineers

• General knowledge of security fundamentals

• Solid understanding of Internet fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP)

• Familiarity with and some ability to code

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time)

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles that interns with a background in Analytics could potentially support:

• Cybersecurity Engineer

• Cybersecurity Analyst