Data Security Intern

United States Wayne, United StatesRemote

Responsibilities

Monitor open action items for completeness, ownership, and target dates; flag aging or stalled items for escalation.
Draft follow-up correspondence to BU contacts requesting status updates, evidence of completion, or remediation plans.
Document and organize evidence packages supporting control closure claims. 2.
Pilot and evaluate AI tools against selected tasks using defined criteria: accuracy, time savings, auditability, risk, and practical usability by non-technical staff.
Produce a structured evaluation report documenting findings, limitations, and recommendations for each piloted use case.
Develop practical AI-assisted workflow templates or prompting guides that the broader team can adopt for recurring governance activities. 3.
Research control topics, emerging threat intelligence, or regulatory

Additionally, the intern will have the opportunity to participate in incident response activities, creation of resources for VBUs, and learning and teaching VBUs how to use a standardized set of data security tools and services.
AI Efficiency & Effectiveness Research Inventory current manual, repetitive, or high-volume governance tasks as candidates for AI-assisted improvement.
What We’re Looking For Required Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a degree program in cybersecurity, information systems, computer science, or a related field.
Ability to manage multiple workstreams, track tasks to completion, and escalate proactively when blocked.
Curiosity about AI tools and the discipline to evaluate them critically rather than uncritically.
Preferred Familiarity with security frameworks or standards (e.g., CIS Controls, NIST CSF, SCF, ISO 27001), even at a conceptual level.
Prior use of AI tools with the ability to articulate what worked and what didn’t.
Experience with Microsoft 365.
Familiarity with security control frameworks, remediation lifecycle management, and risk communication.

Job Description: In the USA, this job profile is EXEMPT and will be not eligible for paid overtime.

Job Summary: The portfolio IT and data security team governs cybersecurity posture across a portfolio of software Volaris Business Units (VBUs) at varying stages of security maturity.
Our work is relationship-driven and output-oriented: we assess, advise, track, and escalate rather than implement directly.
The intern will be embedded in this model, taking on real work with tangible portfolio impact from day one.
If you are unsure of what job profile to choose please contact your HR Partner. Key Responsibilities 1.
Governance Follow-Up & Remediation Tracking Maintain and update a centralized risk remediation tracking workbook for multiple BUs.
Assist in preparing governance dashboards and status reports for leadership review cycles.
Assessment & Documentation Support Assist in preparing pre-assessment materials and post-assessment write-ups aligned to the team’s security control framework.
requirements as directed to support assessment activities.
Contribute to the maintenance of standard templates, playbooks, and reference documentation used by the governance team. 4.
Special Projects (As Assigned) Participate in special projects as deemed appropriate.