2026 IT Engineer Technical Intern (Jan and May 2027 hires)

About the role

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking for IT Engineer interns to help in our IT department and participate in maintaining and updating IT systems (hardware and software) utilized by the Church. If you are an upbeat and dedicated individual who loves to learn new technologies, and you’re looking for a technical internship, keep reading!

Responsibilities

• Provisioning and deployment of network and server hardware worldwide, including Meraki networking gear
• Assisting with migrations from on premise data centers to cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Monitor system activity for outages or system overload
• Responding to incidents and fulfilling common requests from other IT customers
• Replace/upgrade existing hardware within the data center
• Manage/update the Configuration Management Database
• Implement system monitoring / reporting technology using ServiceNow
• Work with state-of-the art tools to help develop enterprise solutions

Tools and systems

• System administrative privileges in support of network devices, storage, servers (both physical and virtual)
• Monitoring systems: Splunk, Dynatrace, Nagios, SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Meraki
• Application services and database services: Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled or within one year of graduation from an accredited college or university
• Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy
• Experience with or knowledge of network switches, routers, VLAN and firewalls
• Experience with or knowledge of IP addresses, network mask, DNS entries and DHCP knowledge
• Experience with or knowledge of OSI models
• Experience with or knowledge of system administration
• Experience with cloud technologies and services, such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• Experience with or knowledge of data centers
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with and providing information to management levels
• Project management experience is desired
• Familiarity with the following tools/technologies:
  • Required – Microsoft Windows Servers, Linux, Microsoft Office Suite
  • Suggested – Oracle APEX, Scripting, HTML editing
• Strong technical and creative writing skills
• Understanding of server and networks
• Familiarity and experience with AI and automation encouraged