2027 Winter Internship - Systems Administrator Intern

PACCAR; Renton (WA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with up to 5% company match

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and H

Life insurance

EAP services

Growth and development opportunities

Job summary

PACCAR invites a Systems Administrator Intern to join the Open Systems Administration Team in Renton, WA. You will gain hands-on experience supporting infrastructure modernization, disaster recovery, and Azure migrations in a global Fortune 500 environment.

Responsibilities include planning migrations, documenting procedures, developing runbooks, and contributing to automation and reporting. Preferred candidates have foundational IT knowledge from coursework or internships and strong

Qualifications

• Foundational IT knowledge gained through coursework, academic projects, internships, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask within a fast-paced environment
• Communicate clearly with team members, technical support groups, and management

Responsibilities

• Support Azure Local migration planning and execution, including server readiness, workload tracking, validation, and migration documentation.
• Assist with disaster recovery initiatives by documenting recovery procedures, supporting test preparation, and helping validate recovery objectives and system dependencies.
• Develop and maintain technical procedures, support documentation, and operational runbooks for infrastructure administration tasks.
• Contribute to Azure reporting development by gathering infrastructure data, validating report outputs, and helping improve visibility into system health, capacity, and migration progress.
• Identify opportunities to automate routine administration, reporting, monitoring, and maintenance activities to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Assist with server administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, and optimization to help ensure reliable operation of PACCAR business-critical systems.

Skills

IT fundamentals

Multitasking

Communication

Education

Cybersecurity/CS/Engineering degree

Job description

About PACCAR

PACCAR is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905. PACCAR Inc is recognized as a global leader in the commercial vehicle, financial, and customer service fields. PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines and provides financial services and information technology, and truck parts related to its principal business.

Your next career move is waiting at PACCAR whether you want to design the transportation trchnology of tomorroe, support the staff functions of a dynamic, international leader, or build our excellent products and services. Join the PACCAR team today!

Division Information

PACCAR'S Information Technology Division (ITD) is located in Renton, WA, utilizes cutting-edge technology to provide systems development, consulting, voice and data communications servicesto the entire corperation, which has high visibility in the technology sector.

About the Team & The Role

As a Systems Administrator Intern, you will work with the Open Systems Administration Team. The Open Systems Administration Team focuses on solving providing technology solutions to PACCAR. As part of a diversified global Fortune 500 company, the Open Systems Administration Team works on a huge variety of projects: from infrastructure as code, cloud migration, and disaster recovery planning. The Open Systems Administration Team is working on high-impact and high-visibility projects. This position supports PACCAR's Open Systems Administration team in delivering reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure services across a global environment. The Systems Administrator Intern will assist with infrastructure modernization, disaster recovery readiness, Azure Local migration activities, reporting development, automation, and technical procedure documentation. This role provides hands-on experience supporting business-critical systems while contributing to high-visibility projects that improve operational efficiency, resilience, and service delivery. Come join this visionary and innovative team!

Job Responsibilities

• Support Azure Local migration planning and execution, including server readiness, workload tracking, validation, and migration documentation.
• Assist with disaster recovery initiatives by documenting recovery procedures, supporting test preparation, and helping validate recovery objectives and system dependencies.
• Develop and maintain technical procedures, support documentation, and operational runbooks for infrastructure administration tasks.
• Contribute to Azure reporting development by gathering infrastructure data, validating report outputs, and helping improve visibility into system health, capacity, and migration progress.
• Identify opportunities to automate routine administration, reporting, monitoring, and maintenance activities to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Assist with server administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, and optimization to help ensure reliable operation of PACCAR business-critical systems.

Required Experience & Skills

• Foundational IT knowledge gained through coursework, academic projects, internships, or other relevant experience
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask within a fast-paced environment
• Communicate clearly with team members, technical support groups, and management

Education

Preferred Undergraduate/Graduate degree in Cybersecurity, Technology, Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

Benefits of working at PACCAR

As a U.S. PACCAR intern, you have a full range of benefit options including:

• 401k with up to a 5% company match
• Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• EAP services including wellness plans, estate planning, financial counseling and more
• Global Fortune 500 company with a wide array of growth, training, and development opportunities
• Work alongside experienced goal-oriented colleagues recognized as experts in their field

Diversity & Inclusion

PACCAR has success with diverse teams of employees working together to achieve excellent results. Having a diverse and inclusive work environment ensures PACCAR has the talent needed to conduct business today and in the future by leveraging different backgrounds, skills, and viewpoints. We believe diversity in the workplace increases innovation, results in better decisions, and increases employee engagement.

PACCAR increases awareness through the efforts of global company-wide Diversity Councils and various employee resource groups that support initiatives & activities including multi-cultural events, outreach, mentorship programs, and more. PACCAR has been awarded the Top Company for Women to Work for in Transportation since 2018 by the Women in Trucking Association and Newsweek 2023 America's Greatest Workplaces for Women.

For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion Commitment page:Diversity and Inclusion at PACCAR

Additional Information

PACCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability. At PACCAR, we value talent and promote growth and development. We carefully consider numerous compensation factors including your education, training, or experience. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H-1B visas, now or in the future.

The salaries for intern positions are as follows:

• Undergraduate - $25 / hour
• Graduate - $30 / hour