Cyber Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) (Open)

Date Posted:

2025-09-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

FL410: Largo FL MFG 7887 Bryan Dairy Road , Largo, FL, 33777 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Looking for the right runway for your career to take flight? Consider joining us here at Collins Aerospace, where we’re working side-by-side with customers on exciting industry possibilities. With a comprehensive portfolio, extensive capabilities and broad expertise, we’re crafting intelligent solutions to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market – all representing the best in innovation and technology for the industries we serve across commercial, business, space, and military and defense aviation. 

 

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Summer Intern to work as a Systems Administrator to maintain a Microsoft Windows based LAN. An ideal candidate should understand the required technical skills below. This position requires working independently under limited oversight while supporting and maintaining LAN resources.

 

What You Will Do:

• Manage user requests for assistance, application installation and upgrades.

• Configuring and supporting security support infrastructure including backups, anti-virus software, patch management and vulnerability scanner.

• Responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of secure computer systems, network servers, and switches.

• Install and upgrade computer components and software, manage virtual and physical servers, and integrate automation processes.

• Troubleshoot hardware and software errors, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems, and assessing impact of issues.

• Create documentation of all work performed to capture configuration and installation procedures.

• Support security staff in compliance and vulnerability audits of computer systems, implementing security remediation, and during accreditation events.

• Work with users to identify needed database design changes required to support changing processes or requirements.

What You Will Learn:

• How to deploy a wide variety of COTS Enterprise datacenter systems

• How to ensure the systems you deployed are maintained

• Prove compliance of the systems you deployed

• How to monitor and improve performance of deployed systems to improve customer satisfaction

• How to work at all levels of the enterprise IT lifecycle

​Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required ​

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance ​​

Qualifications We Prefer:​

• Understanding of basic network engineering fundamentals, including: OSI layers, IP addressing, sub-netting, TCP/IP stack, VLANs, DHCP, etc.

• Willingness to learn new technologies and applications as required.

• Demonstrated experience implementing computer security.

• Ability to adapt both an offensive and defensive mindset to support securing information systems.

• Ability to quickly switch tasks based on changing priorities.

• Ability to work with limited supervision. Must be a self-starter with initiative.

• Ability to work with an extremely risk adverse customer and their policies.

 

Learn More & Apply Now!​

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