GTG Intern - Cybersecurity

Work Location Type: Hybrid 

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we’re dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Position Details:

As an Information Security Intern, you will work with security analysts, engineers, and architects who develop standards and governance, implement security solutions, monitor our environment for signs of compromise, and develop our ability to recover from a serious incident. You will have an opportunity to join a team that focuses on a specific security function, learn about what they do, and contribute to their mission.

You Will:

• Monitor Grainger environment for signs of compromise and respond to potential security incidents
• Record and manage cybersecurity risk mitigation
• Protect Grainger computer systems from internal and external threats
• Help your colleagues become more resilient to cyber threats
• Seek leadership experiences
• Communicate with appropriate team members, document processes, and make technical recommendations
• Use infrastructure tooling to provision resources and monitor essential platforms

You Have:

• Preferably pursue a degree in Information Security/Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Computer Information Systems
• Expected graduation with a Bachelor's degree between Winter 2025 – Spring 2026
• General knowledge of Information Security field and concepts
• High level understanding of Information Technology concepts
• Knowledge of scripting (Python or PowerShell) is a plus
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher 
• Does not require sponsorship

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment.  With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.

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