Cybersecurity Intern: Year-round

Cybersecurity employees are a team of innovative professionals with a passion for doing what SMUD does best - keeping the lignts on for our community, and we're looking for people who want to come operate in an inclusive atmosphere where collaboration and continuous improvement are our core to how we operate.

The cybersecurity intern position will provide a STEM student an opportunity to contribute their skills and knowledge to SMUD while gaining valuable cybersecurity work experience.

SMUD's cybersecurity department is continually striving to improve SMUD's cybersecurity risk posture and protect our people, processes, and technology through an organization-wide risk management approach.  Our cybersecurity policies and procedures provide a framework to safeguard information and systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, and destruction.

The cybersecurity intern may be assigned projects and tasks that include (but are not limited to):

• Assisting SMUD in shaping its cybersecurity risk assessment process
• Supporting system-level and supply chain cybersecurity risk assessments
• Performing technical vulnerability research to determine applicability based on impacted hardware and/or software
• Evaluating vulnerability likelihood and impact to determine technical mitigtion strategies
• Assisting in developing security control baselines based on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements of system stakeholders
• Refining SMUD's cybersecurity suply chain risk evaluation process
• Evaluating cybersecurity policy exception requests and helping determine the cybersecurity risk posed to the organization
• Assisting with the development of cybersecurity risk template documentation such as technical security assessment plans
• Performing research into hardening measures for a wide-variety of technology sets
• Working with our Cybersecurity Awareness, Training, and Education team to help create timely and relevant awareness communications based on recurring or emerging threat intelligence.

The cybersecurity intern will gain experience and exposure to cybersecurity policies and processes as well as real-world cybersecurity risks.

Application Deadline: It is guaranteed that the online system will accept applications until 5 PM by apply by date. It is highly encouraged that applications are submitted well before the due date and time mentioned to make sure that it is submitted successfully.
 Official SMUD Title: STEM Student Assistant

• Students must be able to commute to the SMUD Offices in Sacramento, CA when requested to come in.
• To have a student position at SMUD, you must not have any relatives working at SMUD.
• Students must be enrolled as a full-time student, complete and pass at least 12 undergraduate units OR 8 graduate units, and receive at least a 2.0 GPA.
• Currently, SMUD is not hiring candidates for its student internship positions who require sponsorship from an employer either now or in the future. Such sponsorship is not needed for citizens, a U.S. National, a permanent resident, or one granted refuge or asylum status by the U.S. government. Visa holders typically require sponsorship in one form or another at some point in time.
• Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are a part of who we are and how we do things. Supporting efforts that promote pay equality is part of that. Salary placement for the selected candidate will be determined in alignment with the California Equal Pay Act or the applicable MOU. Determination for salary placement of internal candidates will be made without respect to current classification or compensation, and will be based upon the candidate's qualifications as compared to those performing substantially similar work. In the event there is a guaranteed pay progression outlined in an applicable MOU, the MOU takes precedence.   

We recommend you create a SMUD Candidate account through our  SMUD Careers page, upload your resume and cover letter to be considered for this and other open position.