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“Working as an intern in IT Infrastructure Systems Support
& Network Services has been an eye-opening experience.
We’ve been able to experience many facets of managing
the District’s network. Some of our tasks have included
repairing or replacing broken switches, wireless access
points, and telephones, upgrading older access points
and phones, preparing new switches and access points
for installation, processing older switches to be used as
spares for repairs, and tracking/inventorying the equipment
to be installed. As a result, we’ve worked with many of
the great team members within Network Services. And,
we’ve worked in over a dozen different schools, including
the ones that we used to attend, which makes it an even
greater experience.” Alex Carrillo - IT Infrastructure,
Systems Support

Building Connections and Knowledge “My time in this internship has been nothing but
memorable. Spending time opening up and repairing
One of the highlights of the internship this summer was a devices, troubleshooting hardware and software systems,
visit to Phone and Pad Warehouse (PPW). There, students and being a part of the training of many IT techs in schools
met Brian Farrell, the company’s owner. Brian went above around the District has not only increased my computer
and beyond a simple tour. He shared his entrepreneurial literacy, but my companionship. I became acquainted with
journey, the challenges he faced, and the steps that led him the peers around me and made connections I’d never
to build a successful business. His story was a powerful known I’d make. I learned to work with others, whom I’ve
motivator, leaving the interns feeling inspired. never previously met, and learned to complete tasks. As
someone who initially never had any interest in computers
The IT Division is grateful for the opportunity to mentor the or Information Technology, I can say that this internship
talented interns who joined us this summer. We’re already experience has sparked my interest in ways I would
excited to meet next year’s group! never expect; I am now considering it as a future career.”
What the interns say... Johanna Harris, IT Technical Operations
What the interns say...

“Being an Infrastructure Server & Storage Engineering
intern has given me lots of hands-on experience as
well as a casual learning environment to test, try out,
and implement with real-life impacts in what I do, such
as server maintenance, memory swap, reseeding, and
overseeing our District schools. I’ve had the opportunity
to visit several schools, and have gotten to see their data
rooms: monitoring, repairing, and restoring the physical
servers and data. My mentors have given me so many
life lessons that I know I will use for the rest of my life in “Our IT Security internship has invited us to explore new
addition to their guidance. The educational experience is experiences, far surpassing our initial expectations of
extraordinary, and the people in it are even better.” Katie merely monitoring firewalls and tweaking settings. We’ve
Nguyen - IT Infrastructure, Systems Support learned about handling third party network requests, pen
testing strategies, and intrusion detection, which have all
“My experience in the internship was fun and engaging. I underscored the critical nature of IT Security. For instance,
got to learn how to be hands-on, be proactive, have good Dina Guzman taught us to securely audit third-party
communication with other interns, learn how a computer network requests, especially since 28% of data breaches
works, and how to fix a computer. I made a couple of originate from contractors. Corey Farmer and Elliot
friends during this internship, and overall enjoyed myself. Morgernstern introduced us to network discovery and red
This internship program has helped me a lot as a high team strategies. Scott Harrison guided us in using SIEM
school student. The program has opened my mind for my tools to identify and prevent potential threats, a crucial skill
future and provided me with insight on what it is like to with high demand in the cybersecurity field. This internship
be in a corporate office. Everyone has been supportive has imparted invaluable skills within us, and with three
and nice and have taught me to take every opportunity weeks left, we anticipate our expertise will continue to
presented as it gets you ahead in life and sets you up for grow, thanks to the dedication of the IT Security team.”
successful habits and accomplishments.” Roy Soca and Jonathan Rodriguez Gomez, John Sullivan, Dominick
Deiondre Thomas - IT Infrastructure, Systems Support Dabecco, Rohan Persaud - IT Security

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