2026 IT Engineer Technical Intern (Jan and May 2027 hires)

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!

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:

You will develop hands-on experience with real-world systems and tools.

You’ll have the opportunity to apply your skills in meaningful, real-world scenarios.

This involves system administrative privileges in support of network devices, storage, servers (both physical and virtual), monitoring systems (i.e., Splunk, Dynatrace, Nagios, SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Meraki) application services and database services (Oracle and Microsoft SQL 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

Implement system monitoring / reporting technology using ServiceNow

Work with state-of-the art tools to help develop enterprise solutions

Be mentored by 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 develop hands-on experience with real-world systems and tools.

We are committed to the well-being of our employees and supporting them in becoming their best self.

Our focus on physical and mental health, financial security, and personal and professional development helps employees create more energy, purpose, and balance in life.

Full time interns can enroll in a high deductible medical plan

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.

Your manager may adjust your shift to meet the needs of the team.

This office is located in Riverton, Utah.

Hybrid and remote options are available.

Application and Interview process:

Interview Process: Each interview is conducted by a hiring manager aligned with your specific internship opportunity.

Candidate Selection: After interviews conclude, candidate evaluations are shared with all hiring managers recruiting for that internship type.

Managers then make their selections.

We typically hire between 5 and 30 interns per internship discipline, and strong candidates may receive interest from multiple teams.

Offers Extended: November through early December