2026 Intern, IT Network Engineering

Kickstart your career with hands-on experience at New England’s largest electric utility. As an Eversource Intern, you’ll gain real-world exposure to the energy industry while receiving professional development, coaching, and training. Interns are valued team members, contributing fresh perspectives and innovative solutions across a variety of projects.

The Eversource Intern & Co-op program is designed to energize your summer with hands-on learning, leadership exposure, and real-world impact. From day one, interns dive into immersive experiences like “Our Business, Our Future” with senior leaders, skill-building sessions through LinkedIn Learning and Toastmasters, and thought-provoking Catalyst Conversations covering everything from clean energy to customer experience. We promote wellness through virtual health sessions, and encourage giving back with volunteer opportunities. Career exploration, networking panels, and our Intern Showcase ensure you're not just observing — you're contributing. Top it off with National Intern Day fun and you’ve got a summer that’s anything but ordinary!

What You’ll Get:

•            Practical experience in a dynamic work environment

•            Career development and mentorship

•            Exposure to diverse on-the-job tasks and experienced teams

Join us and power your future with Eversource.

What You’ll Do:

Under direct supervision:

Maintains technical knowledge in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, including routers, switches, multiplexors, gateways, communications processors, network operating systems, network protocols, network monitoring platforms, network sniffers, IP Telephony (VOIP), IP video conferencing, multimedia delivery and performance.

Assists with updating documentation for network architecture and planning the total network integration.  Assist with evaluating complex existing networks systems and help make recommendations for resources required to maintain and/or expand service levels.

Assists with recommending solutions to performance, tuning, and capacity issues. Provide network performance and capacity consulting for new application projects.

Assists with acting as a consultant to provide the business with recommendations on solutions.

Assists with monitoring the network and arranging the necessary corrective actions to ensure high quality transmission capability.

Assists with third-party maintenance for network equipment and troubleshoots problems with department users and department LAN/WAN administrators.

Assists with technical white papers and enterprise architecture plans for the enterprise data network environment.

Assists with 2nd level technical support and consultation to operations, other technical services groups, support center, etc.; troubleshoot network, server, and client-based communication related problems across multiple platforms.

Assists with corporate business requirements to vendors, vendor proposals, and enterprise wide technical RFPs relating to network design and applications.

Technical Knowledge/Skill/Education/Licenses/Certifications:

Technical Knowledge/Skill: 

Understanding of technical principles, theories and concepts, in the field of networking. General knowledge of other related IT disciplines.  Any working knowledge of relevant Cisco System platforms.

Entry level knowledge of:

Cisco products & networking protocols, preferred.

Basic troubleshooting skills using network tools

Basic network management and theories

This role will be a hybrid opportunity based in Berlin, CT.

Education:        

Must be pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Computer Science, Engineering, related discipline or equivalent. Preference for December 2026 or May 2027 graduates.