Entry Level Cisco Network Engineer Jobs in Rochester, MN

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Your role and responsibilities
IBM is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented IT Administrator intern with an interest in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and/or Networking Reliabillity Engineering (NRE) to join our team. These roles offer hands-on experience in enterprise IT systems management while introducing you to modern reliability engineering practices. You'll work alongside experienced professionals to support infrastructure operations and contribute to automation and performance initiatives.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Specific to Administrator and SRE role:
• Assist in maintaining and supporting enterprise IT systems including servers, virtual machines, and cloud environments.
• Monitor system performance and help identify reliability issues.
• Support automation efforts for routine administrative tasks using scripting tools.
• Participate in incident response and post-incident analysis.
• Help document system configurations, operational procedures, and reliability metrics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on infrastructure and service delivery
Your Role and Responsibilities
Specific to Network administration and NRE role:
• Assist in configuring, monitoring, and maintaining network devices including routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Support day-to-day network operations, troubleshooting connectivity issues and escalating as needed.
• Participate in network performance analysis and reporting.
• Learn and apply automation techniques to reduce manual tasks and improve reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on network upgrades, deployments, and incident response.
• Document network configurations, procedures, and reliability metrics.
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of operating systems like (Linux, Unix, Windows, z/OS, zVM) and networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
Specific for Network Intern
• Strong understanding of IP (internet protocol) and other network administration protocols.
• Juniper/Arista/Cisco network General education.
• Ability to conduct research into IT networking issues and products as required.
Preferred technical and professional experience
• Exposure to cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).
• Interest in SRE principles such as automation, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Interest in NRE principles such as fault tolerance, observability, and incident response.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Wireshark, SolarWinds, Grafana).
• Understanding of cloud networking (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD concepts.
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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.