IT Infrastructure Intern

By Light HQ•Orlando, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Candidate will work with an experienced team of cybersecurity, software, CICD, IT infrastructure and systems engineers to support the development, operations and security of a complex, distributed hybrid (on prem and cloud) system. The intern will be given hands on engineering tasks and will participate as a part of the team. The intern will gain practical experience with Agile system development using industry standard tools such as Jira and Confluence, and will learn and apply technical tools and approaches to solve real world technical problems. Duration of internship May - August. The intern will be given hands on engineering tasks and will participate as a part of the team. The intern will gain practical experience with Agile system development using industry standard tools such as Jira and Confluence, and will learn and apply technical tools and approaches to solve real world technical problems.

Requirements

Working towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline such as cybersecurity, computer engineering, computer science or information technology from an accredited college or university; ability to work part time while continuing to perform strongly in course work leading towards a cybersecurity, computer engineering/science or IT related degree.
Ability to work as a member of a technical team to complete complex software and systems projects
A strong interest and curiosity in cybersecurity, software and IT related technologies

Nice To Haves

CompTIA Security+ certification
Active Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

Operate in a virtualized and cloud based environment
Utilize VMWare tools to manage connections to virtual hosts and analyze resource utilization
Access virtual VM and/or cloud hosts to execute commands, perform analyses, and retrieve files.
Operate in a predominately Linux environment
Basic CLI proficiency
Execute and maintain Linux compatible scripts
Independently execute technical tasking
Maintain progress metrics
Report status on regular intervals
Author and maintain technical documentation
Perform trade studies to compare Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) options for a technical solution that best fits program needs.
Evaluate enterprise level network, compute, and storage solutions
Support the assembly and management of on prem servers in a data center environment
Configuration, management and monitoring of on prem and cloud based IT infrastructure
Networking (e.g. Cisco devices)
Storage (e.g. NetApp)
Compute Virtualization/Cloud software Infrastructure (e.g. VMware vSphere, Azure, AWS)