Wireless Operations Intern: 5G, WiFi & Automation

Spectrum, LLC; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum, LLC is offering a paid 11-week internship in Colorado for students pursuing CS/DS/ Cyber Security/ IT. The program runs May 26 to August 6, 2027, with mentorship, projects, and professional development.

You'll work on Wireless Operations Engineering projects, learn Python scripting, network configurations, and contribute to automation and analytics with senior engineers in a collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• Must be a rising senior with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028.
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a bachelor’s degree.
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program.
• Ability to travel locally to Spectrum intern development events and activities throughout the program.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• The Wireless Operations Engineering Intern provides hands-on support to the WiFi and 5G Operations team by assisting with network compliance auditing, configuration validation, change execution support, and automation development.
• Assist with fleet configuration compliance auditing by running automated checkers against device configs (firewalls, wireless access gateways, venue switches) and documenting deviations from published standards.
• Support upgrade campaign execution by preparing pre-check documentation, validating maintenance windows, and assisting engineers with post-change verification and SITREP generation.
• Develop and maintain Python-based operational scripts for tasks such as inventory reconciliation, config drift detection, and alert noise reduction—contributing to the team's internal automation library.
• Participate in change management processes by helping draft Methods of Procedure (MOPs), tracking CRQ lifecycle stages, and ensuring documentation completeness for peer review.
• Assist with network monitoring gap analysis by cross-referencing device inventories against monitoring platforms (Aletheia, Splunk, Rancid) and identifying devices not properly enrolled.
• Support knowledge base maintenance by documenting tribal knowledge, creating runbooks for repeatable procedures, and updating architecture diagrams as network changes are executed.
• Collaborate with senior engineers on incident response by pulling relevant data during outages, correlating alerts to recent changes, and drafting initial SITREP templates for review.
• Contribute to dashboard and reporting development by generating compliance metrics, tracking campaign progress, and producing weekly status artifacts for leadership review.

Skills

Python

Ansible

Wireless technologies

MLL

Education

Pursuing BS in Computer Science

Job description

Spectrum, LLC is offering a paid 11-week internship in Colorado for students pursuing CS/DS/ Cyber Security/ IT. The program runs May 26 to August 6, 2027, with mentorship, projects, and professional development.

You'll work on Wireless Operations Engineering projects, learn Python scripting, network configurations, and contribute to automation and analytics with senior engineers in a collaborative setting.