IT Desktop Engineering Intern

Leidos; United States; On-site; USD 48,000 - 87,000; Part time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an intern for the IT desktop engineering team supporting the Department of Justice IT Portfolio. The intern will help document installation steps, create knowledge base articles, and collect test results from users while learning the nuts and bolts of IT operations in a government context.

The role emphasizes multitasking, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work with engineers on software packaging, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a degree program in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to multitask and function in a quick-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist the engineering team with application troubleshooting
• Assist the engineering team with software packaging, testing and deployment
• Help document root causes of IT issues
• Participate in troubleshooting sessions to resolve system issues
• Draft technical documents to explain the IT environment
• Monitor system health and resolve issues
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Multitasking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Currently enrolled in degree program (CS/Engineering)

Tools

CompTIA A+ Certification

Job description

Leidos is seeking an intern to assist our IT desktop engineering team within the Department of Justice IT Portfolio. In this portfolio, Leidos provides various IT services, engineering, and technical support for customers primarily within the Department of Justice. Support includes managed IT services, managed service desk (Tier 1), deskside support (Tier 2), workstation and server engineering and maintenance, security, managed print services, ITSM, infrastructure, Agile development, and end user support to name a few. The IT desktop engineering team supports, manages, upgrades, and configures a variety of IT infrastructure tools necessary for our customers to successfully use the IT environment. This includes items such as packaging workstation software, building workstation images. The team manages the testing and deployment of baseline workstation patches ensuring they are deployed in a timely manner. They also provide tier 3/tier 4 support for workstation issues escalated by the Service Desk. The intern will help the team in a variety of ways, including but not limited to documenting installation steps, creating knowledge base articles, and collecting test results from users. This is an exciting opportunity to learn some of the “nuts and bolts” underpinning IT operations, and help our customers in the process. The individual selected for this position should be pursuing a degree in a technical discipline such as engineering or computer science and should have a broad technical background. The candidate should have the ability to multitask and juggle numerous priorities and customers. Excellent written and verbal communication skills will help the intern be successful. Location: Remote optional if approved

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist the engineering team with application troubleshooting
• Assist the engineering team with software packaging, including testing and deployment
• Help document root causes of IT issues
• Participate in troubleshooting sessions to help resolve system issues
• Draft technical documents to help others better understand the IT environment
• Monitor system state of health and take action to resolve issues
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a degree program in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to multitask and function in a quick-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Past experience with ATF
• CompTIA A+ Certification
• Experience providing IT support for law enforcement operations.

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Original Posting: October 15, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $48,100.00 - $86,950.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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