Systems Admin Intern: IT Infra, Security & Support

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking undergraduate students with skills in systems administration and support to help maintain the integrity of computer systems, operating systems, servers, appliances, and specialized environments.

You will administer, install, troubleshoot, perform upgrades, provide end-user support, document processes, and contribute to vulnerability remediation and networking tasks.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, customer service, technical writing, and organizational skills.
• Experience in end-user technical support, computer networking, diagnosing, troubleshooting and resolving computing issues, installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading and supporting technical hardware and software, OS and software patching, documentation and technical writing.

Responsibilities

• Administer, install and troubleshoot technical components.
• Perform maintenance tasks and make configuration changes to address customer needs.
• Schedule, install and test systems upgrades.
• Vulnerability remediation.
• Networking tasks.
• End-user technical support.
• Documentation and technical writing.

Skills

System administration

End-user support

Technical writing

Education

Undergraduate student in CS/CE

Tools

Windows

Linux

Job description

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking undergraduate students with skills in systems administration and support to help maintain the integrity of computer systems, operating systems, servers, appliances, and specialized environments.

You will administer, install, troubleshoot, perform upgrades, provide end-user support, document processes, and contribute to vulnerability remediation and networking tasks.