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Job Description

This 10-week internship program, beginning in June, offers a set hourly rate of $41.50 an hour. 

With Fannie Mae’s 10-week (June 2026 - August 2026) paid internship program you will be empowered to drive change, lead with creativity, own your career, and make a difference. As a path to our full-time opportunities, you will be a true contributor on a team that fits your skills and interests in a dynamic environment alongside our employees.    

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Chief Security Office (CSO), is responsible for enterprise-wide risk-based security including cybersecurity and workplace safety and security, as well as the enterprise’s architecture strategy, platform and governance. 

As a Chief Security Office Program Intern, you will enjoy the challenge of researching threats, deploying, and leveraging automation, and reducing risk to the company. You will thrive in an environment where you can collaborate and learn from other cybersecurity and enterprise architecture professionals. Through hands-on experience and interaction with some of the greatest technological teams in the industry, you will gain experience and understanding in producing solutions to meet our corporate goals.   

As a valued colleague on our team, you may contribute to designing, developing, testing, or implementing software, technology, or processes, as well as contribute to creating and maintaining IT architecture, cloud-based systems, data infrastructure, data analytics platforms, and securing against cyber security threats. Our interns collaborate with senior staff to help implement modern technologies and maintain tools using industry standard best practices. This opportunity will allow you to apply your fundamental knowledge of a process-driven approach in designing solutions for our customers and internal partners.  

The Technologies 

Determined by the function you support; you may learn and work with technologies and frameworks such as: 

Access Management (ex: Ping Identity, Multi Factor Authentication) 

Application Security  

Cyber Analytics and Reporting (ex. Tableau) 

Cyber Risk and Governance 

Data Protection and Monitoring 

Enterprise Architecture and Governance 

Information Security Architecture 

Network Security /End Point Security  

Project Management, Agile Framework (ex: Jira, Confluence) 

Threat Detection and Response 

Red Teaming/Purple Teaming 

Vulnerability Management  

Controls Automation (ex: Jenkins, Gitlab, CICD pipeline) 

AWS (Amazon Web Services) Developer Tools and Services (ex: EC2, Lambda, SNS, SQS)  

Scripting languages SQL, Python, Bash Scripting, Java, shell script, js/angularjs, golang, .net, powershell 

Examples of intern tasks and projects include:             

Scanning and remediation support for cyber security programs 

Providing support to application teams for patching or upgrading systems 

Recommending and executing improvements to cyber security process and technology 

Creating scalable, automated solutions to support business needs 

Testing to ensure solutions are compatible and retain sustainability 

Managing data platforms and tools, monitoring production logs, analyzing data to determine root cause, and coordinating with users to triage issues 

Ensuring sensitive data is governed throughout the technology ecosystem and prevent data loss 

Create and maintain architecture diagrams for key software applications 

Triage and maintain SLAs for service desk request 

Collaborate across teams for building secure, robust applications 

There are 7 opening/s for this position, and they will be based in our Reston ,VA (Reston Town Center) office.  

Qualifications 

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING 

Minimum Qualifications  

Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship 

Academic achievement (preferred GPA of 3.0 or higher) 

Preferred Qualifications 

Rising senior enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program, or student enrolled in master’s degree program (Fall 2026/Spring 2027 graduation date). 

Cybersecurity, Information Systems/Technology majors are preferred. Other technical majors will be considered based on a candidate’s technical experience and/or aptitude 

Technology related certification(s) (ex: Security+, AWS Cloud) 

Understanding of access management, vulnerabilities, risk 

Knowledge of security frameworks, models, and concepts 

Basic understanding of architecture principles and system design concepts (e.g., APIs, microservices, data flow, integration patterns) 

Familiarity with scripting (ex: Python, Java Script) 

Strong analytical skills to perform effective troubleshooting 

Basic understanding of cybersecurity framework (ex: NIST, OWASP) 

Demonstrated leadership capabilities and the ability to contribute to a team 

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written 

Self-starter, strong business acumen, and results focused 

Enterprise - Cybersecurity Program - Intern  

Target Pay Range: $41.50 - $41.50 an hour  

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form.

The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.

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