Technical Services Intern (Summer 2024)

Company Description

About Us
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wabash Valley Power is a not-for-profit electric cooperative and wholesale provider of reliable, affordable electricity to our 23 electric distribution member cooperatives. These cooperatives in turn serve more than 300,000 homes, businesses, and farms in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

As a not-for-profit co-op, we do things a bit differently—and that’s the point. Because we aren’t influenced by shareholders, we make our decisions with our members in mind. That means we value things like teamwork, and putting families first. It also means a business model that’s designed for stability and growth. It’s a Deliberately Different approach to the energy industry, and that’s great news for the people who count on us.
 

Job Description

Are you a student hoping to break into the IT space after graduation? We have the perfect opportunity for you as part of our Technical Services department at WVPA!

The purpose of this position is to contribute as part of a larger technology team with a focus on broadening your technical skills in Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) networking and preparing for a future role in the energy industry. As an intern in our IT department you will: 

• Assist with daily networking operational checklists.
• Assist with the configuration, setup, testing and deployment of networking equipment.
• Assist with troubleshooting of networking and telecommunications issues and outages.
• Interface with Member Cooperatives, vendors and WVPA staff on technology items
• Equipment: firewalls, switches, routers, cellular, wireless. (Cisco, Palo Alto, Nokia)
• Technologies: TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, TACACS/RADIUS, IPSEC, VPNs, Netflow, SNMP, syslog & DNS, MPLS.
• Opportunities to work with cross functional teams to install, support and troubleshoot various technologies.

Qualifications

Required:

• Must be currently enrolled at a college or university in technology related major.
• Completion of at least two years towards a Bachelor’s degree in an technology related discipline, with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Preferred: 

• Coursework related to networking and telecommunications technologies.
• Working toward or completion of network/cybersecurity certifications. Examples: CCST, CCNA, Network+, Security+, CEH, (ISC)²

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.