IT Security Intern

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Location:
Brewster, NY Job Category: Intern Application Salary Interval: Intern Pay Range: $22.00
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About Us
Peckham Industries Inc. (PII) has been a family-run business since 1924 and we believe our family by choice ethos delivers value as the trusted supplier of construction materials, products, and services in the communities we serve. Through our extensive network of hot mix asphalt and ready-mix concrete plants, quarries, and liquid asphalt terminals, PII delivers the highest quality materials and custom solutions to thousands of road construction and road maintenance customers. In addition, the companys construction operations include paving and road reclamation services, as well as precast/prestressed concrete production and erection of multi-level parking structures, specialty buildings, and bridge components. Become part of our mission by realizing your purpose, serving our community interests, and delivering growth for our customers. Peckham Industries educates, innovates, and applies technology in a way that is safe, sustainable, inclusive, and profitable. Position Description Job Summary: The IT Security Intern will play a versatile role within Peckhams IT department. In this position, you will collaborate with both the Information Technology team and the IT Security team to support a variety of IT and security-related projects. Each day, you will arrive on-site ready to assist with routine IT support needs, as well as contribute to emerging IT Security initiativesoften alternating between the two areas as priorities shift. By joining our team, you will gain substantial hands-on experience across all layers of the OSI model and throughout the IT security stack. Essential Functions: Security Tasks Obligated. Assist, develop, and review IT policies, standards, and procedures. Ownership and caring. Manage the Cybersecurity Awareness program, including coordinating education, developing and promoting IT Security Awareness content, and leading phishing campaigns for the entire company. Measurement. Track and report metrics for company-wide education and phishing campaigns with comprehensive reports. Measure risk within the vulnerability management program by assessing criticality, severity, and impact of existing threats, and research remediation steps to incorporate into the IT patching program. Committed to serve. Create presentations for status meetings and all-hands sessions for both technical and non-technical audiences. Shadow the IT Security Leader, assist with tasks as needed, record key points during meetings, and communicate action items to the IT Security Leader. IT Tasks Respect and engage. Interview and coordinate with IT employees to understand existing protocols and processes and create draft procedure documents based on IT Security requirements and templates. Determined. Assist with daily IT support objectives as needed, including remediating vulnerability findings based on severity and asset criticality, and addressing reported phishing emails. Mastery. Support IT operations by setting up new devices such as workstations, firewalls, servers, and other equipment.