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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Alcoa Security Internship

About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world’s leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the past 120 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral part of Alcoa’s operating practices and the product design and engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for nine consecutive years and approximately 75 percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since1888 is still in active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 59,000 people in 31 countries across the world.

  

Title
Security Intern
Requisition Number
9757BR
Job Function
Intern
Business Unit Group
Global Business Services
Location
PA-Alcoa Center
Job Status
Intern/Co-op
Relocation Eligible
No
Minimum Education Required
Bachelors
Minimum Years of Experience
Entry Level
Minimum Travel Required
None
Position Description
This intern position provides excellent hands-on real-life experience for the incumbent, and the principle objective of this role is for the incumbent to gain real-world business experience by participating in the development and implementation/deployment of new systems, new information technologies and information solutions; supporting and enhancing existing systems and information technologies; and learning the location’s standards, procedures and technologies. The incumbent will participate as an internal consultant to Alcoa’s businesses and customer/user groups.

This IT Security project will challenge the intern to learn two technologies used for database and server exception scanning in the Windows and Oracle/Unix environments respectively. Each tool needs to be assessed for usage in the other environment and if applicable, a recommendation between the two products for possible consolidated usage across both environments.

An additional focus for the internship will be:
•In collaboration with senior security team members, deploy a new file auditing solution in conjunction with global site application server refreshes. This will include a back end process to manage and report access data being collected in sensitive data partition.
Basic Qualifications
GPA 3.2 or higher
Working towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree
Have the ability to work in the United States indefinitely
Preferred Qualifications
Junior Level working towards a Bachelor's degree in Information or Computer Science

The applicant must demonstrate the capabilities for Leadership, Project Management, Business Analysis, Analytical Thinking, and Problem Solving. System Development Life Cycle Methodologies, Application analysis and design, Off-the-Shelf Packages, Internet/Intranet technologies, Relational Database concepts and technologies, basic programming skills, Networking, and Operating Systems skills/experience are a plus