2027 Summer Internship - Cybersecurity

Summary

The Home Depot is offering a summer internship program that gives college students hands-on experience in a corporate environment while developing leadership skills. The Cybersecurity Intern will support projects involving threat detection, application and network security, cyber forensics, smart device security, crisis management, and security analytics.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

• Interns should 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
• • 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
• • Preferred GPA 3.0 or above
• Remote Interns will be primarily remote throughout the 11-week program but may be required to travel to our Atlanta corporate office (Store Support Center) for up to 3 weeks during the program

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Interns should 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

Nice to Haves

• • 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
• • Preferred GPA 3.0 or above
• Remote Interns will be primarily remote throughout the 11-week program but may be required to travel to our Atlanta corporate office (Store Support Center) for up to 3 weeks during the program

Benefits

• 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.
• Interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.
• Remote interns will be primarily remote throughout the 11-week program.
• Travel expenses will be covered for eligible interns.