Systems Administrator Intern
About The Position
The Information Technology Services department of the Applied Research Laboratory is seeking undergraduate students with skills in systems administration and support. The successful candidate will contribute to maintaining the integrity of various computer systems, operating systems, servers, appliances, and specialized application environments. ARL at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and serves as a University center of excellence in defense science, systems, and technologies with a focus in naval missions and related areas.
Requirements
- Excellent communication, customer service, technical writing, and organizational skills
- Experience in one or more areas such as 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.
Nice To Haves
- Systems administration skills such as technical support, operating systems and software administration, vulnerability remediation, etc.
- Experience using Microsoft Windows or Linux systems in a domain environment
- Governmental security clearance, or the ability to successfully obtain a security clearance
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
Benefits
- The successful candidate will work up to 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters and 40 hours per week over the summer.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
