Systems Admin Intern — Research IT & Security

Penn State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory, Information Technology Services, is seeking undergraduate students with systems administration and support skills. You will help maintain computer systems, operating systems, servers, and environments, while providing end-user support and thorough documentation.

Responsibilities include installing, configuring, upgrading, and testing systems; performing vulnerability remediation; and documenting processes.

Qualifications

• Pursuing undergraduate studies in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or governmental research or military IT environments.
• Excellent communication, customer service, technical writing, and organizational skills.

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

Communication

Customer service

Technical writing

Organizational skills

Education

Undergraduate student (CS/CE or gov/military IT)

Tools

Windows

Linux

Domain environment

Job description

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory, Information Technology Services, is seeking undergraduate students with systems administration and support skills. You will help maintain computer systems, operating systems, servers, and environments, while providing end-user support and thorough documentation.

Responsibilities include installing, configuring, upgrading, and testing systems; performing vulnerability remediation; and documenting processes.