Specialist Cyber Security BUILD Program

About the Role

The Acuity Inc. BUILD program is a two-year rotational experience designed to develop high-potential early career talent into impactful professionals through hands-on experience. Participants rotate to a different functional area every six months to build business acumen and skill proficiency. Upon completion, participants will possess a broad business understanding, functional expertise, and the professional skills needed for future career opportunities across Acuity.

This role is Hybrid and based in Atlanta, GA.

Key Responsibilities

Participants will rotate through functional areas that align individual interests with company priorities, building experience in secure, scalable, AI-enabled platforms. These areas include, but are not limited to:

• Associate Experience / Enterprise IT: Support internal technology functions to improve the digital associate experience, modern workplace capabilities, and secure access to enterprise tools and services.
• Infrastructure & Networking: Assist in designing, supporting, and optimizing core infrastructure, networking, connectivity, and system reliability across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Application Security / Corporate Security: Contribute to security initiatives such as threat reduction, vulnerability management, secure development practices, identity and access controls, monitoring, and cyber risk management.
• DevOps / Platform / Cloud / Infrastructure: Gain experience with cloud platforms, automation, CI/CD, containers, observability, platform engineering, and resilient service operations.
• Database Engineering: Assist with database reliability, security, performance, governance, and architecture to support operational and AI-driven workloads.
• AI-Enabled Cloud & Security Solutions: Partner with teams to explore and support AI-powered capabilities such as intelligent monitoring, automated remediation, security analytics, predictive operations, and cloud optimization.
• Agentic Platform Enablement: Contribute to the development and support of agentic platforms and orchestration capabilities that enable secure, governed, and scalable use of AI agents across enterprise workflows.
• Cloud Security & Responsible AI Operations: Support controls and practices related to cloud security posture, data protection, AI governance, model/platform monitoring, and responsible deployment of AI-enabled services.

BUILD Program Activities

• Specialized onboarding for integration into the organization and program.
• One-on-one mentorship from a Network & Security Engineering leader.
• Social and networking events to foster connections with peers and leaders.
• Opportunities to collaborate with program peers to learn about various business processes and initiatives.
• Leadership report-out meetings to share rotational learnings and performance reviews.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 0 to 2 years of applicable work experience.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Bachelor of Science degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Information Technology.
• Familiarity with Agile software development, roadmaps, and user story writing.
• Exposure to AI or emerging technologies through coursework, research, or internships.
• Proven innovative problem-solvers.
• Agents for change.
• Experienced leaders of people and processes.
• Excellent with time management.
• Comfortable with taking initiative.
• Team-oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communicators.