Internship Activities May Include:
- Assisting with IT administration duties in a secure room environment
- Supporting user account management and system access control
- Performing routine system monitoring and maintenance tasks
- Helping to troubleshoot and resolve IT hardware/software issues
- Documenting IT processes and maintaining system records
- Learning and applying cyber management and security best practices
Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship required (must be able to obtain a U.S. government security clearance – we will sponsor the process)
- Enrolled as a sophomore or junior pursuing a degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Concentrations in cybersecurity or cyber management are a plus
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Job Details:
- Location: Dayton, OH (internship will be considered hybrid, but we are recruiting primarily for an in-person candidate)
- Duration: Year+ internship preferred
- Expected hours: ~10 per week (flexible with academic schedule)
- Start date: As Soon As Possible
- Laptop provided
Top Skills
What We Do
NextGen is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider. NextGen is a fast-growing company that employs agile and mature processes in areas of innovation, research and development, program management, systems engineering, and technology commercialization. Current customers include the Department of Defense, Federal Government, and commercial companies.
NextGen utilizes a mixed model consisting of Services and Solution Development in support of customer goals. Our core areas of expertise include Software Development, Research and Development, Enterprise IT Systems Engineering, and Cyber Security & Data Management. NextGen obtained ISO 9001 certification and achieved CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraisal. Recent and steady growth led to our recognition by INC 5000 as the 211th (2016), 440th (2017), 1096th (2018), 1703rd (2019), and 2437th (2020) fastest-growing company in the US and 19th fastest growing IT Services Company in the US. NextGen has offices near Aberdeen, MD; Ft. Meade, MD; Dayton, OH; O’Fallon, IL, and Morgantown, WV.
We understand the paradigm shift of doing more with less; developing, operating, and supporting complex systems and missions while keeping pace with changing technologies; and providing high-quality working solutions to analysts and warfighters supporting the Federal Government. We aggressively manage internal costs to ensure competitive salaries for top talent while ensuring cost-effective delivery to our customers. As the demand for quality increases, NextGen is well-positioned to tackle the most intricate challenges facing the defense and intelligence communities today.
