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Intern - IT Infrastructure Engineer

Evergy
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SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

 

JOB TITLE:            Intern – IT Infrastructure Engineer   

REQUISITION:        INF00CU

DEPARTMENT:      IT Infrastructure – Various Evergy Locations

LOCATION:            Kansas City, MO

            Topeka, KS

            Wichita, KS

PAY RANGE: $21.00 - $25.00

                                                                                                

Intern Positions for Full-Time Summer 2025 and Part-Time year-round beginning Fall 2025.

 

Scheduled Work Hours:  Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Flexible working arrangements available. 

 

It's never too early to start searching for your dream career. If you're ready to apply the principles you've been learning at school in the real world, Evergy is the place for you. Hands-on experience is what our internship programs are all about. Our programs offer students an opportunity to gain insight and meaningful experience while also allowing us to identify talented prospective employees. Many of our interns go on to develop successful careers at Evergy.

 

As an intern, you'll have real responsibilities, and you'll work on productive assignments with actual business interactions. We know that you work hard, so we help you play hard while you are here. We provide a number of intern events throughout the summer to burn some extra energy, including volunteer events, power plant tours, lunch and learns, and more

 

Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Be flexible to rotate among different roles within the infrastructure teams, gaining experience and expertise across various IT domains.
  • Provide support and development expertise for Core Business Systems. 
  • Work on a team of Network Engineers, System Engineers, DBA’s, Middleware Admins and business SME’s to operate and enhance core business systems. 
  • Provide networking, server operating system, database, integration, security, or hardware support to various IT infrastructure systems.
  • Work in support of major projects and initiatives, on critical infrastructure that has an immediate impact on our customers lives. 
  • Assists in maintaining and enhancing IT infrastructure to address newly discovered problems or new requirements.
  • Assists in the testing and debugging of changes prior to implementation.
  • Knowledge of operating systems, networking, DB structures and use, development tools, and a working appreciation of basic security principles is a plus. 

 

Education and Experience Requirements:

We are looking for second- or third-year students who are actively pursuing a degree in Information Technology or related fields. 

 

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:

  • Always works to maintain a high-level of customer satisfaction.
  • Seeks and identifies appropriate solutions to problems.
  • Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical staff.
  • Familiar with standard concepts, best practices and procedures related to application development.
  • Basic familiarity with workstations, networks and operating systems including Windows 10 and MS Office.
  • Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with members of the technical team.
  • Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with end users.
  • Seeks and identifies appropriate solutions to problems.
  • Manages time effectively while assuring attention to details.
  • Finishes tasks accurately, completely and on time.
  • Makes sound decisions with general guidance.
  • Ability to grasp and follow policies and procedures to ensure corporate data security.

 

Working Conditions:

Depending on assigned team, daily work may be remote/home, office, and/or field work

 

Evergy has a clear mission – To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. So, our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are committed to celebrating diversity and building a team where everyone – regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status – has a voice and can bring their best every day. We know that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we will be. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

 

Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran