Security Compliance & Assurance Analyst Internship

About the role

The United Nations Global Service Centre in Valencia is looking for a Security Compliance & Assurance Analyst Intern. You will join the Digital and Compliance Unit to help automate and validate disaster‑recovery capabilities for mission‑critical services.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing and updating Information System Contingency Plans to match current infrastructure.
• Identify gaps between defined Recovery Time Objectives and actual technical capabilities.
• Support coordination of Disaster Recovery Exercises, track pass/fail metrics and capture lessons learned.
• Validate automated recovery workflows and ensure they run without manual intervention.
• Develop interactive PowerBI dashboards that display real‑time DR readiness and testing coverage.
• Research generative AI tools to parse system configurations, generate updated runbooks and explore predictive analytics for capacity planning.
• Maintain the Service Continuity Library with up‑to‑date recovery documentation.

Required profile

• Enrolled in or recently completed a graduate programme, or in the final year of a bachelor’s degree.
• Field of study related to Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or similar.
• No professional experience required.

Required skills

• PowerBI for data visualization and dashboard creation.

What we offer

• Six‑month internship within a United Nations environment.
• Hands‑on experience with disaster‑recovery automation and AI‑driven tools.
• Opportunity to contribute to global peace‑keeping missions.