Information Security Intern

Information Security Intern

Location: Parsippany, NJ

Internship Summary:

Zoetis is seeking a highly motivated Information Security Intern to join our growing Information Security team. This internship provides hands-on exposure to multiple areas of cybersecurity, including Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Data Protection, Operational Technology (OT) Security, Risk & Remediation, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, and Security Awareness.

The intern will work alongside experienced security professionals, gaining practical experience with security operations, engineering projects, security metrics, and emerging technologies in a global organization.

Internship Responsibilities:

• Participate in rotations across core Information Security services and contribute to security engineering projects.
• Support the triage and response of security events, working alongside experienced cybersecurity professionals.
• Assist with the interpretation and development of security use cases.
• Help develop, analyze, and present security metrics and reporting.
• Collaborate with Information Security practitioners across different cybersecurity disciplines and contribute to team initiatives.
• Gain exposure to cybersecurity tools, processes, and technologies while developing a broader understanding of enterprise information security.

Internship Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Risk Management, or a related field. Third- and fourth-year students are preferred.
• Familiarity with or experience in software development.
• Ability to translate technical IT and cybersecurity concepts into clear, easy-to-understand language for non-technical audiences.
• Strong meeting, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to learn quickly in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across teams and organizations.
• Ability to clearly communicate key information and findings to management.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce concise and informative reports.
• Previous internship or relevant work experience is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• High level of integrity and strong ethical values.
• Positive, proactive, and solutions-oriented attitude.
• Comfortable presenting and speaking to groups.
• Programming experience with languages such as Python or JavaScript.
• Familiarity with query languages such as SQL or KQL.
• Basic knowledge of network protocols and networking concepts.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure.
• Strong curiosity and interest in understanding how technologies and systems work.
• Exposure to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) is a plus.
• Experience with Power BI, HTML, CSS, or graphic design is also a plus.

Compensation:

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

• Associate-level degree: $16.00/hour
• Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00/hour
• Graduate-level degree: $32.50/hour
• Doctorate-level degree: $36.00/hour

For candidates located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, or Washington (Seattle area), the anticipated hourly base pay rates are:

• Associate-level degree: $17.00/hour
• Undergraduate-level degree: $24.20/hour
• Graduate-level degree: $36.40/hour
• Doctorate-level degree: $40.30/hour

 

 

Full time

 

 

Regular

 

 

Colleague

 

 

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.

 

 

Notice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn, including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com, please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.

 

 

Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at [email protected] to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of “@zoetis.com”. In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.