Campus - Cybersecurity Program Intern (Flexible Hybrid)

Company Description

At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do helps make a home a possibility for millions of homeowners and renters. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of an inclusive team thriving in an energizing, flexible environment. Here, you’ll have access to continuous learning, grow your career, and help create access to fair, affordable housing finance.

This internship is a 10-week long program with a set hourly rate of $41.50.  

Job Description

With Fannie Mae’s 10-week (June 2025 - August 2025) paid internship program you will be empowered to drive change, lead with creativity, own your career, and make a difference. As a path to our full-time opportunities, you will be a true contributor on a team that fits your skills and interest in a dynamic environment alongside our employees.    

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Chief Information Security Office helps the enterprise protect information systems and data from cybersecurity threats while supporting business needs.  

As a Cybersecurity Program Intern, you will enjoy the challenge of researching threats, deploying, and leveraging automation, and reducing risk to the company. You will thrive in an environment where you can collaborate and learn from other cybersecurity professionals. Through hands-on experience and interaction with some of the greatest technology teams in the industry, you will gain experience and understanding in producing solutions to meet our corporate goals.   

As a valued colleague on our team, you may contribute to designing, producing, testing, or implementing software, technology, or processes, as well as contribute to creating and maintaining IT architecture, cloud-based systems, data infrastructure, data analytics platforms, and securing against cyber security threats. Our interns collaborate with senior staff to help implement modern technologies and maintain tools using industry standard best practices. This opportunity will allow you to apply your fundamental knowledge of a process-driven approach in designing solutions for our customers and internal partners.  

The Technologies 
Determined by the function you support; you may learn and work with technologies and frameworks such as: 

Information Security 

• Access Management (ex: Ping Identity, Multi Factor Authentication) 
• Application Security  
• Cyber Analytics and Reporting (ex: SQl, Tableau) 
• Cyber Risk and Governance 
• Data Protection and Monitoring 
• Information Security Architecture 
• Network Security /End Point Security  
• Project Management, Agile Process Development & Delivery (ex: Jira, Confluence) 
• Threat Detection and Response 
• Red Teaming/Purple Teaming 
• Vulnerability Management  
• Controls Automation (ex: Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CICD pipeline) 
• AWS (Amazon Web Services) Developer Tools  

Examples of intern tasks and projects include:

• Scanning and remediation support for cyber security programs 
• Providing support to application teams for patching or upgrading systems 
• Recommending and executing improvements to cyber security process and technology 
• Creating scalable, automated solutions to support business needs 
• Testing to ensure solutions are compatible and retain sustainability 
• Managing data platforms and tools, monitoring production logs, analyzing data to determine root cause, and coordinating with users to triage issues 
• Ensuring sensitive data is governed throughout the technology ecosystem and prevent data loss 
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams for key software applications 
• Design and maintain JIRA service desks  

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Qualifications 

• Be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship 
• Academic achievement (GPA of 3.0 or above) 

Preferred Qualifications

• Rising senior enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program, or student enrolled in master’s degree program (Fall 2025/2026 graduation date). 
• Cybersecurity, Information Systems/Technology majors are preferred. Other technical majors will be considered based on a candidate’s technical experience and/or aptitude 
• Technology related certification(s) (ex: Security+, AWS Cloud) 
• Understanding of access management, vulnerabilities, risk 
• Knowledge of security frameworks, models, and concepts 
• Strong analytical skills to perform effective troubleshooting 
• Basic understanding of cybersecurity framework (ex: NIST,  OWASP) 
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and the ability to contribute to a team 
• Self-starter, strong business acumen, and results focused 
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written 

Additional Information

REF ID: REF13294H

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Fannie Mae is a flexible hybrid company. We embrace flexibility for our employees to work where they choose, while also providing office space for in-person work if desired. At times, business need may call for on-site collaboration, which means proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred.

Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at careers_mailbox@fanniemae.com.