What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 IT Engineer paid intern (summer and fall hires) position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
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!
About
This internship position represents an exciting opportunity to work for one of the largest information technology centers in the Wasatch front. This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.
A Day In The Life
Get experience supporting systems and delivering services to users at Church headquarters and millions of users throughout the world. This involves system administrative privileges in support of network devices, storage, servers (both physical and virtual), monitoring systems (i.e., Splunk, AppD, Nagios, SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Meraki) application services and database services (Oracle and Microsoft Sequel Server). Tasks to include:
Benefit options are designed to help employees care for their families and pursue other meaningful endeavors. Our benefits include:
Flexible work schedules that include remote and hybrid options for certain positions
On-site fitness centers
Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at http://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org
Work Schedule
This is a 40 hour per week internship that is expected to last approximately 4 months. Normal office hours are between 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Some positions may be in our Network Operations Center and require rotational shifts, 24/7.
This office is located in Riverton, Utah. Hybrid and remote options are available.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
You should be currently enrolled or recently graduated from an accredited college or university
Internship is for current temple worthy members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Experience with or knowledge of Network switches, routers, VLAN and firewalls
Experience with or knowledge of IP addresses, network mask, DNS (Domain Name System) entries and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 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 will be needed
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
Apply/Screening Process: Please Note: All positions are subject to close without notice.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
About Us
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
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!
About
This internship position represents an exciting opportunity to work for one of the largest information technology centers in the Wasatch front. This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.
A Day In The Life
Get experience supporting systems and delivering services to users at Church headquarters and millions of users throughout the world. This involves system administrative privileges in support of network devices, storage, servers (both physical and virtual), monitoring systems (i.e., Splunk, AppD, Nagios, SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Meraki) application services and database services (Oracle and Microsoft Sequel Server). Tasks to include:
- 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 metering / reporting technology in a Utility Computing
- Work with state-of-the art tools to help develop enterprise solutions
- Mentor with highly experienced IT professionals
- We hasten the Lord's work in an important way
- Be a member of a creative, spiritual, and highly motivated team and culture
- You will gain practical experience
Benefit options are designed to help employees care for their families and pursue other meaningful endeavors. Our benefits include:
Flexible work schedules that include remote and hybrid options for certain positions
On-site fitness centers
Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at http://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org
Work Schedule
This is a 40 hour per week internship that is expected to last approximately 4 months. Normal office hours are between 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Some positions may be in our Network Operations Center and require rotational shifts, 24/7.
This office is located in Riverton, Utah. Hybrid and remote options are available.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
You should be currently enrolled or recently graduated from an accredited college or university
Internship is for current temple worthy members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Experience with or knowledge of Network switches, routers, VLAN and firewalls
Experience with or knowledge of IP addresses, network mask, DNS (Domain Name System) entries and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 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 will be needed
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
Apply/Screening Process: Please Note: All positions are subject to close without notice.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
About Us
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
