Student Trainee (Information Technology)

Southern Arkansas University; Alabama; On-site; USD 20,664 - 34,440; Full time

Job summary

Southern Arkansas University is offering a Student Trainee position in Information Technology through Customs & Border Protection (CBP). This role allows students to engage in various IT-related tasks, such as application support, systems administration, and enterprise architecture work. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program, with a requirement of completing at least two years of post-high school education. This internship provides essential skills development and training in real-life situations.

Qualifications

• Must be a student currently enrolled in a degree program.
• Eligibility requires enrollment in an accredited institution.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the support of new or existing applications software.
• Provide entry-level planning and delivery support services.
• Maintain operating procedures for hardware and software systems.
• Assist in basic analysis and documentation of enterprise architecture.

Education

Completed 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an associate's degree

Job description

Student Trainee (Information Technology)

Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to utilize your skills providing technical assistance and support to specialists by performing a variety of assignments in the Information Technology Group. This experience provides an opportunity to explore career options, develop personal and professional skills, developmental assignments, and formal interactive training using real-life situations.

Typical duties may include:

• Assisting in the applications software work involving the support of new or existing applications software, involving the basic planning, general installation, configuration, testing, implementation, and management of the systems environment.
• Providing systems administration work involving entry-level planning and delivery support services, including, troubleshooting, and customer assistance.
• Maintaining systems customer support work involving the entry-level planning the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.
• Assisting in enterprise architecture work involving basic analysis, documentation, and maintaining of the enterprise structural framework to align IT strategy, plans, and systems.

Qualifications

You must be a student who has been accepted for enrollment or who is currently enrolled and seeking a degree on a full or half-time basis in one of the federally administered, organized educational programs or accredited educational institutions such as a public or private high school; state-approved home school; technical or vocational school; two (2) year or four (4) year college or university; graduate or professional school; a registered apprenticeship program, job corps or postsecondary home school curriculum. Review Pathways Interns for additional eligibility information.

AND:

GS-04: Completed 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an associate's degree. Two years of full-time academic study is defined as 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university.

You must meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process by 05/06/2026.