What are the responsibilities and job description for the Information Security Intern position at Gerdau North America?
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Program Description
Gerdau is seeking college students to participate in our, G.Start program. G.Start is a paid internship program with the goal of developing students for future technical and managerial positions G.Start internships are project-focused and mutually-beneficial. G.Start is a program that values the diversity and inclusion of our business and society.
Gerdau is looking for G.Start candidates who have an eagerness to grow personally and professionally, being a part of a global company with more than 120 years of entrepreneurship and achievements in the steel industry. This program is for individuals with high learning agility and willingness to adapt and develop continuously, who aim at consistently outperforming in a variety of settings and circumstances.
Who We Are
Gerdau is a major steel manufacturing company, operating in 10 countries, and employing over 30,000 individuals. The North American business divisions (Gerdau Long Steel North America and Gerdau Specialty Steel North America) produce long and special steel products for the agriculture, energy, industrial, automotive, and manufacturing markets. We stimulate the economy through our network of recycling operations and mills, operating ten mills in the U.S. and three in Canada. Our mills utilize efficient and clean production practices, including the use of electric arc furnace (EAF) technology. The use of this technology and its process makes our steel one of the greenest choices available.
Opportunities to Learn
In the role as Information Security G-Start you will have the opportunity to:
This position will support the Information Security team, with a focus on Human Risk Management / Security Awareness, Audit Support and IAM. The responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Human Risk Management (HRM) & Security Awareness
Equal Opportunity Statement: Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunities for all and the importance of each employee and applicant as an individual. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, political ideology, ancestry, the presence of any physical, sensory, or mental disabilities, or other legally protected status. All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.
Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.
If you are vision-impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at (866)-788-2798 or recruiting@gerdau.com
Program Description
Gerdau is seeking college students to participate in our, G.Start program. G.Start is a paid internship program with the goal of developing students for future technical and managerial positions G.Start internships are project-focused and mutually-beneficial. G.Start is a program that values the diversity and inclusion of our business and society.
Gerdau is looking for G.Start candidates who have an eagerness to grow personally and professionally, being a part of a global company with more than 120 years of entrepreneurship and achievements in the steel industry. This program is for individuals with high learning agility and willingness to adapt and develop continuously, who aim at consistently outperforming in a variety of settings and circumstances.
Who We Are
Gerdau is a major steel manufacturing company, operating in 10 countries, and employing over 30,000 individuals. The North American business divisions (Gerdau Long Steel North America and Gerdau Specialty Steel North America) produce long and special steel products for the agriculture, energy, industrial, automotive, and manufacturing markets. We stimulate the economy through our network of recycling operations and mills, operating ten mills in the U.S. and three in Canada. Our mills utilize efficient and clean production practices, including the use of electric arc furnace (EAF) technology. The use of this technology and its process makes our steel one of the greenest choices available.
Opportunities to Learn
In the role as Information Security G-Start you will have the opportunity to:
- Work with a talented group of Information Security Professionals that can give you keen insights into the field of Information Security, IAM and GRC and how Human Risk Management (HRM) is used to reduce security risk through behavior-based programs.
- Gain hands-on experience supporting continuous security awareness and phishing simulation programs.
- Understand how data, metrics, and trends are used to measure human-related security risk
- Gain exposure to information security audit activities, learning how evidence is collected and validated
- Develop practical skills using tools such as KnowBe4, Microsoft SharePoint, Power Automate, and Power BI. Learn how automation and process optimization reduces manual work in security operations
This position will support the Information Security team, with a focus on Human Risk Management / Security Awareness, Audit Support and IAM. The responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Human Risk Management (HRM) & Security Awareness
- Assist with maintaining security awareness communications
- Help track, organize, and validate phishing and training data to support trend analysis
- Support information security training activities
- Help maintain simple recognition initiatives that reinforce positive security behavior
- Support information security audit activities (internal and external)
- Assist with audit evidence collection, organization, and validation
- Help track audit requests, deadlines, and follow-ups
- Support preparation of documentation used during audits
- IAM process review (policies, guidelines and procedures)
- Application group access review
- Ticket escalation and support in the approval process
- Develop practical skills using tools such as AD (Active Directory), Service Now, Azure, Change Auditor and Active Roles.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunities for all and the importance of each employee and applicant as an individual. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, political ideology, ancestry, the presence of any physical, sensory, or mental disabilities, or other legally protected status. All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.
Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.
If you are vision-impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at (866)-788-2798 or recruiting@gerdau.com