Information Security Engineer Internship (Summer 2025) - Principal Financial Group
Charlotte, NC 28262
About the Job
Our Technology & Engineering internship program offers opportunities for 95+ interns and has a strong reputation with over 20 years of history. You’ll work on real projects collaborating with a range of team members, including other interns through senior level management. We'll place you in a role customized to your expertise and interests, all while working in an Agile team environment. You'll be assigned a formal leader and mentor to help guide you through the program. This is an excellent opportunity to understand and learn more about Principal’s Technology Engineering culture.
Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.
As an Information Security Engineer Intern, team alignment could be within one of the following areas
- Cyber defense operations team serves as the first line of defense against cyber-attacks by monitoring for and analyzing potential threats and vulnerabilities in Principal’s network and applications
- GRC: Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams work directly with the business to develop and enforce new security policies and standards, while risk management teams work to identify information security risks within our business solutions, creating insight into risk posture
- Identity and access management teams build and support our enterprise authentication and access management solutions
- Insider Risk team works to correlate user activity of specific policy violations to identify Insider Threats and assess risk to improve prevention, detection, and response.
- Data protection teams work to ensure data is transmitted and stored securely across all systems and access methods
- Current enrollment - or has a degree - in a preferred science, technology, engineering, or math-related field of study
- Involvement in student organizations on respective campus, within the community or prior internship experience
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills
- Good work ethic
- You have a passion for technology which includes:
- Technical curiosity
- Ability to think critically and solution for technology-based problems
Skills That Will Help You Stand Out
- Interest in and/or experience with info security technologies/tooling/concepts
- Leadership positions within student, work or community organizations
- Past IT internship or work experience
- Consideration will be given to candidates that demonstrate continuous learning through certifications and other non traditional learning paths
- Technical experience with:
- Development Languages
- Automation tooling
- DevOps or Agile methodologies
- NIST security standards and frameworks
Our Internship Culture
Join an established program that provides hands-on experiences for 200+ interns each year! You'll learn new skills with dedicated teams and mentors, build your professional network and collaborate across a global Fortune 500 company. We care about offering you diverse experiences and exciting challenges that push you to reach for bigger life goals, all while enjoying our flexibility and work life balance. Join us for events such as our Executive Speaker Series, gain career direction, and much more.
Internship Stipend
You will receive a lump sum stipend of $3,000. This amount is intended to support incidental expenses you may incur as part of your internship. The Company will provide a tax gross-up on this stipend as a financial benefit, but is not intended to compensate for all tax liabilities.
Work Environments
This role will be based out of our Charlotte, NC office location. Individuals in this role are required to work a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants
Investment Code of Ethics
For Principal Asset Management positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
Experience Principal
At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our interns.
Principal 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 veteran status.
Posting Window:We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.Date First Posted (TTF):9/4/2024Latest Post Date: Careers - US:9/9/2024