Why USAA?
Let's do something that really matters.
At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We're working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.
We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty and service. They're what guides everything we do - from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!
The Opportunity
The Information Security Internship is an outstanding program where you'll get to learn from experienced professionals and gain hands-on-experience in the Information Security organization. There are several different teams (ie. Network Security, Application Security, Cyber Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Threat Intelligence, Identity Access Management, Compliance and Insider Threat, etc..), each responsible for specific areas and involve various skills. The teams work together to ensure comprehensive protection and address different aspects of information and cyber security.
Our internship program lets you showcase your skills, while gaining real-life experience that'll help you jump-start your career. Our interns deliver innovative solutions to real business challenges, while building enduring relationships in a collaborative culture with their manager and an assigned mentor.
The internship is based at USAA Corporate Headquarters in San Antonio, TX .
What you'll do:
Our Information/Cyber Security Interns , work under direct supervision and following risk and compliance procedures and mentorship, perform routine work assignments and problem resolution to support other team members, including the following tasks:
Responsible for ensuring that security requirements are adequately addressed in all aspects of a solution/application enablement and sustainment lifecycle.
Design, develop, code, integrate, and test functional security/technical solutions under direct supervision.
Developing comprehension of Site Reliability Engineering practices in their domain.
Ensures risks associated within their domain activities are effectively identified, measured, supervised, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
Monitors and fixes systems, tools, and vendor integrations.
Collaborates with Security Analysts, IT and Business Partners to tune, harden, and improve Security solutions and technologies to keep up with the latest trends and threats.
Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, supervised, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
What you need to have:
To qualify, you must be pursuing a degree from an accredited college or university, and plan to graduate after the final day of the internship. Most of our interns participate the summer between their junior and senior years. Our 2025 internship will start on May 28, 2025 and last through August 8, 2025.
Graduation date cannot be prior to August 8, 2025
Pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher in Cyber Security, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Identity Management, or a related field at a 4-year accredited university.
Up to 2 years of related experience in Security Engineering and/or Information Technology with a security focus to include proven experience leading enterprise technology projects or initiatives.
Foundational knowledge of delivering technology solutions in all phases of a solution development lifecycle.
Fundamental experience with modern programming/scripting languages and frameworks.
Comprehension of security engineering activities using modern DevSecOps practices.
Rudimentary experience with agile delivery methods and deep desire to be flexible while delivering value early and often.
Foundational knowledge of platform engineering concepts on security standard processes in infrastructure/policy as code, security architecture design patterns, security vendor integrations, and CI/CD pipelines with built in application security controls.
General comprehension of cloud and emergent technologies such as: Public Cloud, Containerization, Security Data Lakes, ML/LLMs, GenAI, etc.
What sets you apart:
Graduation date between August 2025 and July 2026
Understanding of data loss prevention, cloud access security broker, and SIEM tools
Understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Understanding of the cyber threat landscape
Experience with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell
Experience communicating technical issues to non-technical audiences.
Experience with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Familiarity with Agile Workflows and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Understanding of network and web protocols
Experience with Data Analytics
USAA views its internship program as a pipeline to possible future employment. This is based on an individual's graduation date, performance, role qualifications, and business need. To be considered for possible future employment opportunities interns must meet the full-time work eligibility requirements for any given role. Thus, interns should ensure their sponsorship status and other provided information is accurately reflected on their intern application. Inadequate completion of your application may render you ineligible for further consideration in the hiring process.
The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.
What we offer:
Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the hourly range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual hourly rate for this role may vary by location. The range for this position is: $23 - $34 .
Interns will receive an intern stipend to assist with expenses.
Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.
Interns may not be eligible for all benefits , for more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.
Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.
USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply.
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Find your purpose. Join our mission.
USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.
USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself - you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.
USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection (https://statmcstg.usaa.com/mcontent/static_assets/Media/enterprise_hr_cpra_notice_at_collection.pdf) here.
USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
