Security Analyst Internship

Why choose an internship with Wellmark?We strive to offer meaningful work that assists in your professional development and provides value to the team. You will gain valuable experience within the health insurance industry and put the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired in school to practice this summer during our
2027 Summer Internship Program
. You will have the opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and leaders within the industry, network with fellow internship program participants, and gain practical, hands‑on work experience.

If you’re eager to learn, collaborate with others, demonstrate your potential, develop customer‑focused solutions, and grow into an exciting career, we hope you’ll consider an internship with us!

What’sInformation Security Cloud Engineering in our Technology Division?Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to transform how we work. In this role you will gain and experience on Consumer Cloud technologies.

What projects might I support?Although subject to change, examples of projects you will be contributing to include:

• Develop cloud migration security controls, ensuring the deployment of new applications to the cloud follows Wellmark’s security standards.
• Script automated controls to monitor cloud security,
• Build reporting tools, obtaining coding data and analyzing to understand and craft recommendations
• Support thecreationand document flow for technologyidentityaccess management team
• Gather requirements by asking thoughtful questions, clarifying needs, and maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Analyze current usage reports and develop data management scripts and structures that bring information together to support reporting and decision‑making.

This internship will start in May of 2027, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.

• Current junior, senior or Master’s student pursing a Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Data Analytics, MIS,or related field
• Knowledge of software development technologies (NodeJS, Angular, .NET, MongoDB, SQL).
• General understanding of the domains of programming/scripting, computer science, and management information systems.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving skills. Accuracy and high attention to detail and self‑starter.
• Ability to troubleshoot and develop creative technical solutions.
• Demonstrated computer skills with Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

• Prior work experience in an office environment or internship
• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra/Azure

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources:
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