Security Analyst Future (Summer 2027 Internship)

About the role

Netsmart is healthcare’s largest human services and integrated care technology provider. Netsmart technology platforms and expertise are integral to the delivery of outcomes-based services and care to more than 25 million persons nationwide. Netsmart serves more than 500,000 users in more than 24,000 organizations across all 50 states. Netsmart client communities include behavioral health, addiction treatment, intellectual and developmental disabilities, child and family services, public health, home health, hospice and palliative care, private duty and vital records. We became the industry leader through the creation of cutting edge software solutions to meet our client’s needs. This level of creation and product evolution is only made possible by assembling a team of the best and the brightest technical talent in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and operate with members of IT Security and Compliance, Enterprise Architecture, Network Engineering, Support Operations, and functional areas across IT and the business to raise and support the company’s security posture.
• Gain exposure to enterprise firewall clusters, VPN devices, IDS/IPS, SIEM, and various vulnerability assessment tools and solutions, security systems and solutions, and security engineering requirements, standards, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
• Participate in team review of applicable security support models and identify opportunities for continued process improvement.
• Monitor and review requests with team members for changes to ensure they do not introduce any security and/or compliance risks to the enterprise and meet security requirements, guidelines, and compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Working towards a bachelor’s degree in Information Security or Computer Science with emphasis in Information Security.
• Demonstrated passion for cybersecurity, technology, solution design, and self‑study.
• Involvement in school clubs or organizations regarding security.
• Programming/scripting experience is a plus.
• Desire to learn regulatory compliance requirements (PCI, HIPAA, SSAE Option 18, NIST standards).
• Preferred: Working knowledge or concepts in AWS space with various AWS services and implementations (e.g., VPCs, SES, RC2, R3, Route 53, Cloud Formation, etc.) or Azure equivalents.
• Preferred: Exposure to Identity Management, Access Management, and Directory Services technologies including LDAPv3, SQL and NoSQL technologies.

Benefits

• Housing options are available for interns who are not local to the Kansas City metro area (certain criteria must be met to qualify).