Network Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Flexible internship rhythm

Job summary

Caterpillar in Shreveport, LA offers a Network Engineer internship where you own problems end to end, from antivirus management to pager duty. The role rewards 1 year of CompTIA A+ with a starting pay of $44,000–$59,000 and provides mentorship and strategic exposure.

You'll mentor juniors, drive postmortems on VPN configuration, and help build self-service tools to reduce tickets. The internship emphasizes steady, sustainable progress and hands-on, real-world engineering experience.

Qualifications

• 1 year of CompTIA A+ experience.
• Customer-focused with strong interpersonal skills.
• Reliability and follow-through on commitments.

Responsibilities

• Mentor the junior cohort through their first real Group Policy on-call at Caterpillar
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Caterpillar
• Drive the VPN Configuration incident postmortem that stops outages from recurring
• Build CompTIA A+ self-service tools to reduce ticket volume
• Break large technology initiatives into manageable Team Leadership increments
• Resurrect flaky CompTIA A+ tests to ensure reliability
• Negotiate Group Policy tradeoffs with product when timelines collide

Skills

CompTIA A+

Job description

At Caterpillar, the Network Engineer owns the problem end to end, from the first Antivirus Management prototype to the 3 a.m. pager that never rings. The junior role rewards what you've built — 1 years of CompTIA A+ — with $44,000 - $59,000 and a voice in Caterpillar strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor the junior cohort through their first real Group Policy on-call at Caterpillar
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Caterpillar
• Drive the VPN Configuration incident postmortem that stops the Shreveport outage from recurring
• Build CompTIA A+ self-service tools so Shreveport teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Break large technology initiatives into Team Leadership increments Shreveport can actually deliver
• Resurrect flaky CompTIA A+ tests until the Shreveport, LA suite is trustworthy again
• Negotiate Group Policy tradeoffs with product when Caterpillar timelines and reality collide

What You'll Bring

• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through

Caterpillar doesn't sell technology so much as guarantee it, a fun-loving distinction the Shreveport, LA team takes personally. Our Shreveport, LA team moves at a steady, sustainable pace and protects time for deep, focused Antivirus Management work.

Step into $44,000 - $59,000, real mentorship, a benefits package that delivers, and the kind of flexible internship rhythm people rarely leave.

We stamped it current today; the internship opening is genuinely accepting candidates.