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Business Unit / Role Specific Info
At American Express, we empower future technologists to learn, innovate, and
make an impact from day one. As a Cybersecurity Intern in Enterprise Technology
Services, you’ll join a 10-week Summer Internship Program and contribute to work
that helps protect American Express information systems, customer data,
colleague experiences, and digital assets.
Cybersecurity teams help identify, reduce, monitor, and respond to technology
and information security risks. In this role, you may support secure
architecture, identity and access management, endpoint protection, security
monitoring, application security, documentation, and AI-enabled cybersecurity
workflows with guidance from peers and leaders.
You’ll collaborate with cybersecurity engineers, product partners, software
development teams, operations teams, and business stakeholders to learn how
security controls, secure development practices, and threat detection
capabilities are designed, implemented, documented, and continuously improved.
About the Team
Enterprise Technology Services teams build and support technology that enables
trusted, secure, and customer-first experiences across American Express.
Cybersecurity teams help protect the company by strengthening defenses across
identities, applications, data, infrastructure, cloud platforms, networks,
endpoints, monitoring, and response capabilities.
As a Cybersecurity Intern, you’ll contribute at an early-career level while
learning how cybersecurity engineering, operations, assurance, regulatory
expectations, secure development, responsible AI usage, and business objectives
come together in a global enterprise environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
What type of work can you expect? How will you make an impact in this role?
• Support secure network, endpoint, identity, and access management activities
with guidance from peers and leaders.
• Assist with security documentation, assessment findings, remediation
tracking, and reporting to support compliance and security posture
improvements.
• Collaborate with software development and product teams to learn how security
is integrated into the software development lifecycle and secure coding
practices.
• Conduct research on emerging cyber threats, security technologies, AI-enabled
security risks, and control approaches to support team knowledge and
decision-making.
• Use AI-enabled cybersecurity tools to support threat detection, alert triage,
analysis, documentation, and investigation activities while validating
outputs before escalation or implementation.
• Assist with security control implementation and monitoring approaches for
cloud-based, AI-enabled, or enterprise technology services under guidance.
• Apply structured prompt design techniques when using AI agent-enabled
security tools, including clear context, objectives, constraints, and
security requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications
• Foundational understanding of cybersecurity, information security,
application security, network security, cloud security, or technology risk
concepts.
• Foundational knowledge of network protocols, security fundamentals, identity
and access management, data privacy, data protection, or secure software
development concepts.
• Interest in scripting or automation using languages such as Python, Bash,
PowerShell, or similar technologies.
• Strong communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, discretion,
attention to detail, and learning agility with the ability to work
effectively in a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
• Coursework, projects, internships, labs, competitions, research, or
extracurricular experience in cybersecurity, information security, software
development, cloud, data, networking, or technology risk.
• Awareness of security standards, regulatory compliance, data privacy, data
protection, security governance, and risk management concepts.
• Familiarity with security monitoring, threat detection, vulnerability
management, incident response, endpoint protection, network security, or
identity and access management concepts.
• Exposure to security tools, platforms, or operational processes used to
investigate alerts, analyze threats, document findings, or support
remediation activities.
• Interest in application security, secure coding, DevSecOps, cloud security,
IAM, data security, network security, or AI-enabled application security.
• Awareness of AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities and emerging risks such as
prompt injection, model misuse, data exposure, AI-assisted security
operations, and automation-enabled analysis.
• Interest in cybersecurity certifications or continued learning;
certifications are not required for intern-level consideration.
• Strong problem solving, curiosity, ownership, professionalism, ethical
judgment, and comfort learning new technologies in a fast-paced environment.
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of
innovation, shared values
[https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/company/who-we-are/]and Leadership
Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and
colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class
customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to
uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive
support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills,
develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter,
your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of
American Express.
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be
and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical,
financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to
thrive personally and professionally:
• Competitive base salaries
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with
Amex Flex
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and
doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counselling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful
completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and
regulations.