2025 Summer Intern: Systems Engineer - SPECTRUM

Company Overview
Spectrum is the nation’s fastest-growing mobile provider and leading internet provider. Our tech teams create, develop, and operate leading connectivity products serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We connect people to what’s next. This position is eligible to work in a hybrid work model (combination of in-office and remote days).

 

At a Glance

• You’re a motivated rising senior with a 3.0 GPA or higher seeking a bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas listed below from an accredited college or university:
  • Business Technology Management, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering Technology Management, Information Science, Information Technology
• This is a learning-intensive program designed to give you essential business insights and hands-on experience in your field of choice. It’s a full-time, 10-week commitment from May 28, 2025, through August 1, 2025.
• Benefits include professional development sessions, networking opportunities, and mentorship.

The Spectrum Internship Experience
You have clear aspirations and are seeking a summer internship program that will help you meet them. Find it at Spectrum, named one of the 2023 Top 100 Internship Programs in the United States by WayUp and Yello.

Our internships are designed to provide:

• Opportunities to gain new skills and elevate the ones you already have, all in a robust and forward-thinking business setting.
• First-rate, hands-on experience in the telecommunications industry.
• Opportunities to connect you with people who can give you a better understanding of the industry and help you accomplish real goals you can add to your résumé, this includes assigning you a formal mentor and interactions with senior executives.

What you can expect in this role

As a Spectrum Intern, you’ll be essential to two teams — your respective department and your Intern peer group. Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You’ll spend the other 20% on professional development sessions and networking activities, including the Kickoff Conference on May 28, webinars, community service, cross-functional project, and final presentations.

Internship responsibilities may include:

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Installs, administers, configures and maintains NMS including operating systems and related software.
• Provides 'on call' support to resolve NMS issues after normal business hours.
• Uses established change management processes, requiring operational procedures be performed with minimal customer impact, (i.e. during established maintenance window).
• Works with database administrators to configure, tune and maintain databases in variety of languages.
• Documents systems configurations and upgrades.
• Monitors and assists in managing applications, device availability, network conditions and status, system reliability and performance, service and program maintenance and storage resources.
• Works with current templates and assist with the design and construct new templates.
• Works with deployment and core service engineers to determine needs.
• Sets up filters on data generated by monitors.
• Generates reports on server and application availability and performance.

Here’s what it takes to get started

 

Required qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an accredited College or University graduating with a bachelor’s degree between December 2025 - May 2026
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program
• Ability to travel locally to Spectrum Intern development events and activities throughout the program
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for Charter Sponsorship

Preferred qualifications

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Basic ability to conduct design sessions to specify solution designs for feasibility, cost, and functionality
• Basic ability to create detailed documentation to functionally understand new and existing applications
• Basic ability to follow and implement established change and control policies and procedures
• Basic ability to troubleshoot application problems
• Basic knowledge of development tools, application frameworks, and testing tools
• Basic knowledge of OSS applications and software
• Basic knowledge of choosing the appropriate lifecycle and the planning, monitoring and control of the systems engineering process
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Oral and written skills
• Organizational skills
• Problem solving abilities
• Proficient in Software including Adobe, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word

GGN100 2024-39932 2024

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A qualified applicant’s criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.

This job posting will remain open until 2024-12-01 07:00 AM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.

The base pay for this position generally is between $26.00 and $27.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.



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