2026 Security Vulnerability, Risk, and Compliance Analyst Technical Intern (Jan and May 2027 hires)

About the role

This internship position represents an exciting opportunity to work for one of the largest information technology centers in the Wasatch front. The intern will work with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel. The Church is committed to the well-being of its employees, focusing on physical and mental health, financial security, and personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support systems and deliver services to users at Church headquarters and millions of users worldwide.
• Document and implement controls and practices that meet the Church’s defined policies and standards for risk and compliance.
• Assist in discovery and investigation under the direction of incident responders.
• Review logs and reports to identify patterns for signs of irregularities and abnormal patterns to be escalated for further investigation.
• Investigate and analyze technology audit recommendations.
• Clarify and document identified problems for future recognition and remediation.
• Assess solution and enterprise-level risks to the Church’s IT infrastructure and make recommendations for improving IT security.
• Support and enable the implementation of security programs and controls, advising on the risk implications of architecture and design decisions.
• Assist with the design and validation of risk reduction efforts.
• Discover applications requiring vulnerability scans throughout the environment.
• Set up vulnerability scans of applications used by the Church.
• Validate results reported by vulnerability scans to eliminate false positive events.
• Review and report vulnerabilities found to application engineers.
• Work with state-of-the-art tools to help develop enterprise solutions.
• Mentor with highly experienced IT professionals.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled or within one year of graduation from an accredited college or university in Cyber Security or Computer Science.
• Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
• General knowledge of current information security practices, trends, and technologies.
• OS fundamentals, network fundamentals, cloud security, end-point security, privacy, business continuity, GRC, security research, analytical skills, and other related areas.
• Technology background is desired.
• Knowledge of security risk and/or compliance assessment preferred.
• Knowledge of application vulnerability assessment preferred.
• Good interpersonal and collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Professional written and oral communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with the proven ability to follow instructions.
• Ability to monitor and analyze operational reports and logs looking for irregularities and abnormal patterns.
• Confidence in conducting presentations of recommendations to engineers, managers, and executives.
• Basic knowledge of IT organization patterns.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Full-time interns have the option to enroll in a high-deductible medical plan.

Schedule

• 40 hours per week.
• Expected to last approximately 4 months.
• Normal office hours are between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
• Office located in Riverton, UT.
• Remote and hybrid options are available based on location.