IT & Cybersecurity Intern (Summer 2026)

Parsons•Columbia, SC

19h

About The Position

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Parsons Corporation seeks enthusiastic, positive, and proactive self-starters to join our team. Our leadership aims to attract and retain the best and brightest employees, maintain an environment built on trust and pride, and encourage individual and team achievements. We uphold ourselves to an exceptional professional standard of conduct, setting ourselves apart from our competition. Parsons is dedicated to creating and maintaining a lifelong learning environment. We encourage forward-thinking, innovation, and out-of-the-box ideas in an inclusive environment. Our training and continuing education programs allows us to constantly improve services and deliver innovation to our customers. We invest in our employees and they, in turn, advance our clients’ mission.

Requirements

Ability to function with minimal oversight
A willingness to learn new engineering skills
United States citizen with the willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance
Pursuing a BS in an engineering or cybersecurity field
Can-do attitude with the want to learn and support the Department of Defense

Nice To Haves

System administration experience
Software development experience

Responsibilities

Under direction of a degreed engineer, perform a variety of basic to moderately-difficult engineering support assignments requiring a fundamental knowledge of engineering practices, and techniques.
Supporting network engineers and systems administrators in the setup and configuration of networks.
Supporting the creation of simulation environments including populating networks and network content as well as scripting simulation tools.