Intern, Technical Undergraduate Year-Round - Data Center Services, Onsite

Intern Year Round
- Technical Undergraduate Intern

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking an Intern Year Round
- Technical Undergraduate intern to join our dynamic team!

As a Networking Intern on the Network Engineering Services team, you will support a group responsible for delivering enterprise wide networking, firewall, and datacenter connectivity services across multiple high demand environments mission critical and enterprise networks.

You will collaborate with engineers who design and implement:

• High performance networking for Sandia's enterprise and mission systems
• Firewall architecture and change implementation
• Network modernization efforts, including large-scale migrations to Arista infrastructure
• Connectivity troubleshooting for virtualized environments, data center relocations, and VLAN transitions

Interns will have the opportunity to:

• Shadow senior network engineers during live troubleshooting, cutovers, and design reviews
• Assist with documentation, inventory, audit cleanup, and workflow improvements
• Work handson with test environments to learn switching, routing, firewalling, and automation fundamentals
• Participate in team standups and coordination with groups such as data center engineering, cybersecurity, and hosting services

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite

At Sandia, we value the important work done by our interns and its contribution to National Security. Because of this, our interns earn competitive pay rates. Our pay structure is based on earned credit hours, classification, and degree level. Your pay rate will be determined during the hire process and included in your offer package. You can view the Intern Pay Rate chart here.

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Currently attending and enrolled full time in a related accredited undergraduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 25 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

• Fundamental understanding of networking concepts (VLANs, subnets, routing, switching)
• Basic familiarity with Linux or Windows command line tools
• Ability to follow documented processes and work safely within change controlled environments
• Willingness to ask questions, learn quickly, and collaborate with experienced engineers
• Exposure to Arista, Juniper, or similar enterprise switching platforms
• Interest in or experience with firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.)
• Basic scripting or automation knowledge (e.g., Python, Ansible)
• Familiarity with network monitoring concepts or tools
• Understanding of virtualization and data center architectures
• Experience with documentation, diagramming, or workflow organization
• Strong communication skills for cross team coordination
• Ability to pursue and obtain a Q clearance

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.