Who You Are
Interested in being part of team that proactively secures their environment?
As an Information Security Engineer Intern, you will be responsible for safeguarding Vail’s infrastructure, data, and users from potential threats, vulnerabilities, and cyberattacks. You will collaborate with various teams to identify potential security risks, assess the effectiveness of existing security measures, and propose/identify solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities. The ideal candidate loves to learn using various tools, staying informed on the latest security trends, working with large sets of data, automating manual tasks via scripting, and interested in improving our cybersecurity landscape.
What You’ll Do
- Automate reporting processes for internal phishing campaigns to streamline analysis.
- Assist in vulnerability management, including identifying, assessing, and tracking vulnerabilities within the organization's systems and working with the appropriate teams to implement solutions.
- Monitor security alerts to identify and respond to potential threats in real-time.
- Contribute to developing and maintaining security documentation.
- Ad hoc duties as requested
Qualifications - We encourage you to apply if you think your experience may be a match, even if you do not meet all of the qualifications.
- Rising Senior currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Information Science, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field.
- Open to people with certificates specializing in cybersecurity, network engineering, or data analytics.
- Intermediate knowledge in Python, preferred.
- Intermediate familiarity with Excel, preferred.
- Novice familiarity with Linux, preferred.
Who We Are
At Vail, we believe in the unique power of voice interactions to create more expressive, more intimate, and more efficient interpersonal interactions. Using Vail technology, we make millions of voice interactions better every day. We process around 10% of all toll-free call traffic in the U.S.; 1 in 10 times when someone calls a customer support hotline, Vail is routing or interacting with that call.
We are rapidly growing across multiple dimensions, including our customer base, the scope of products we offer, and the size of our team. Now is the right time for a strong candidate to join and grow with us. We have a supportive culture where employees are encouraged to achieve both personal and team goals because we believe growth leads to both business impact and personal fulfillment.
We are striving to implement and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment for all employees by sourcing underrepresented groups and continually empowering those individuals within our organization to further enrich Vail’s communication solutions. We recognize that equitable and unique individuals benefit our teams’ problem-solving, innovation, and development efforts.
Our offices are located in Deerfield and Chicago, IL. Interviews and onboarding are conducted in our offices when possible. We observe a hybrid work format that provides employees flexibility to collaborate with team members based on business needs.
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What We Do
At Vail we develop innovative technology to enhance the way people communicate. Our mission is to create business value for our clients and growth opportunities for our employees by developing solutions that inspire people to interact freely and authentically.
Why Work With Us
We are constantly learning. That's why we organize hackathons, workshops, and book clubs, and encourage continued education via courses and seminars. Bringing great minds together is important for our success, so we hire people with diverse backgrounds, stay active in our fields, attend conferences, and are always learning from our peers.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We observe a hybrid work arrangement based on business and team needs.
