2027 Summer Internship - Cybersecurity

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Internship Overview 

The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 17- July 30, 2027, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Pro, Home Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.   

What makes a Great Intern:  

• Action Oriented: Intern takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm 

• Manages Ambiguity: Intern effectively navigates and thrives in uncertain situations while using sound judgment to make decisions without having the full picture. Is able to move work forward without all the details 

• Collaboration: Intern contributes to the group’s efforts and steps forward to help as needed. Seeks input from others 

• Nimble Learning: Intern actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder 

• Communication: Intern develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience 

• Customer Focus: Intern builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions 

• Drives Results: Evaluates information to make logical decisions and achieve results despite potential challenges or setbacks. 

Description of the Major/Subject Area: 

Cybersecurity Interns will gain a combination of technical and analytical skills that help detect cybersecurity threats in real time environments. Interns will have the opportunity to focus in one or more of the following areas: Application and Network Security, Cyber Forensics and Crisis Management, Smart Device Security and Security Analytics.  

Interns should be pursuing a Bachelor of Science/Business Administration with a concentration in Cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, information security, math, decision sciences, risk management, engineering or other business/technology disciplines. 

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include:   

• Deploying various technologies to establish data privacy and security controls 

• Helping to improve application security 

• Managing system and software vulnerabilities 

• Establishing methods for securing connected or "smart" devices 

• Developing advanced cyber monitoring and security analytics solutions 

• Establishing cyber crisis management capabilities 

• Designing and delivering business-focused cyber wargames to prepare our clients with advanced techniques for responding to continually evolving cyber-attacks 

• Providing cyber forensics and incident response support 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a relevant degree 

• 0-1 years of relevant work experience  

• Interest in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team of engineers 

• General knowledge of security fundamentals 

• Solid understanding of Internet fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP) 

• Familiarity with and some ability to code 

• Preferred GPA 3.0 or above 

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time):  

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles that interns with a background in Analytics could potentially support:  

• Cybersecurity Engineer 

• Cybersecurity Analyst 

Location: Remote Interns will be primarily remote throughout the 11-week program but may be required to travel to our Atlanta corporate office (Store Support Center) for up to 3 weeks during the program. Travel expenses will be covered for eligible interns. 

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