2027 - IT Security Intern

Transcard; Chattanooga, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Transcard, a Chattanooga-based payments company, is offering an IT Security internship designed to give hands-on exposure to SIEM, DLP, AV, FW, and DAST/SAST tools while aligning with academic coursework.

You'll begin with mentorship from the CISO and IS Manager, perform security event logging tasks, and participate in security architecture meetings. This paid internship requires US residency and onsite presence with possible remote options for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or completed Bachelor’s in Information Security or IT.
• Strong interest in security internships and professional growth.
• Familiarity with vulnerability scanners is preferred.
• Willingness to work independently with supervision.

Responsibilities

• Interview InfoSec and IT engineers to catalog security log sources.
• Collaborate to ensure all log sources report to the SIEM.
• Analyze SIEM alerts and draft improvement recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with auditing frameworks.
• Set up daily reports with aggregated security events.
• Participate in daily security event log reviews.
• Correlate changes to tickets or communications.
• Identify nefarious activity and suggest remediation.
• Perform vulnerability scans and track remediation per SLAs.

Skills

InfoSec curiosity

Independent worker

Time management

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security or IT

Tools

NeXpose

Qualys

Tenable

IVM

Job description

Description

Who We Are:

Payments, Orchestrated.

Chattanooga-based Transcard offers comprehensive global payment orchestration solutions for banks, fintechs, and businesses. Our embedded payment solutions enable seamless transactions, collaboration, and data sharing with customers and suppliers worldwide. Features include disbursements, receivables, account-to-account payments, cross-border payments, AI insights, and supply chain financing.

Transcard’s solutions combine multi-rail capabilities, embedded workflows, system of record integration, effortless reconciliation, and bank-grade security to support B2B and B2C payments for businesses of all sizes. Streamline financial operations with digital payments, monitor real-time activity, reduce fraud risk, and improve customer and vendor experience with an all-in-one payment portal.

Position Details:

Transcard offers an internship program in the FinTech industry. Our program is designed to provide you with meaningful projects utilized by the business. You’ll see the direct impact of your contribution and get an inside perspective of your desired field while working alongside some of the best in our industry.

We continually strive to identify qualified individuals for post-graduate opportunities beyond the internship program.

This intern position will operate Monday-Friday during standard business hours. This position is a paid internship, compensation will be based on the qualifications of the applicant.

Our goal is to allow you to gain a better understanding of the day-to-day responsibilities within the IT Security department while working toward your professional goals as related to your academic coursework.

Location:

Our corporate office is located in Chattanooga, TN.

We prefer our interns to be onsite in Chattanooga, TN. We do offer remote capabilities for qualified individuals. Candidate must reside in the US. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

Transcard offers benefits starting the first of the month following the month of hire for our full-time employees (Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) Match!, Paid Time Off, Life-Disability Insurance, and more)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The IT Security internship will start with a one-on-one meeting with the Chief Information Security Officer or their designated manager to discuss the professional goal of the student's academic coursework to ensure they are meeting all academic requirements during this internship. Additionally, the internship will be supervised by the Information Security Manager to provide routine feedback and status updates. There will be an exit interview with the Chief Information Security Officer and Information Security Program Manager with the objective being continuous improvement of the internship program.

The Information Security internship will provide exposure to a variety of state-of-the-art security technologies, such as: SIEM, DLP, AV, FW, and DAST/SAST technologies, as well as participation in security architectural design meetings and continuous improvement initiatives and experience actual day-in-the-life activities of an information security professional.

• Interview InfoSec and IT engineers and use tools to catalog all security event log sources from on-premise and cloud systems.
• Collaborate with InfoSec staff to ensure all log sources are reporting in to the SIEM system.
• Analyze the existing SIEM alerts; produce a report with recommendations for improving security alerts to relevant staff.
• Collaborate with InfoSec staff to ensure full compliance with various auditing frameworks.
• Setup daily reports that include aggregated, “rolled up” FIM and key security events, such as APTs and IOCs.
• Take part in the daily security event log review process.
• Correlate enterprise changes to change tickets or other communication method.
• Identify internal and external nefarious activity on our systems and recommend actions to render it harmless.
• Perform application and network vulnerability scans on a recurring and ad hoc basis. Track remediation efforts based on policy-defined SLAs.

Requirements

• First and foremost, the successful candidate will be inquisitive to clarify their deliverables, acquire meaningful, real-world experience, and reinforce their classroom learning experiences.
• Must have majored in Information Security studies the last two years of higher education.
• Familiarity with commercial vulnerability scanners, such as NeXpose, Qualys, Tenable, IVM, etc
• A previous InfoSec internship would be beneficial but is not required.
• Ability to work independently with little oversight.
• Must have good time management, communication, and organizational skills.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Education and/or Certifications:

• Completed or currently working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security or Information Technology.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be a complete list of duties performed.

No resumes from 3rd party vendors will be accepted at this time.