Intern, IT Network Operations

Job ID
56954
Location
10 Glenlake Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30328, United States
Job Category
Telecommunications and Network Technology
Locations
Atlanta Corporate Office
Job Schedule
Full Time
Job Shift
Shift Start Hours
08:00 AM
Shift End Hours
05:00 PM
Workdays
Monday - Friday
Work Place
On-site
Travel Required
N
Travel Frequency
Other Hiring Locations
Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World.

For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well-being. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that puts people first, Americold is the place for you.

Primary Responsibility :

As Network Operations intern, you will assist the Americold Network Operations team and Network Manager to develop reports to analyze bandwidth utilization, review critical switches logs, help with SD-WAN deployment, plan for circuit upgrades and evaluate the current alerting strategy configured in Americold monitoring system. Collaborate with the Network Operation and Hosting teams to review network documentation including IP tracking of the physical network.
What You’ll Do :
• Create technical reports based on utilization trends, that project when a circuit upgrade may be required. Identify opportunities for improvement within the current SolarWinds environment
• Actively participate in project meetings and work with Infrastructure managers in requirements gathering sessions.
• Works with Network manager to build technical specifications and present business requirements to IT partners to ensure technical specifications accurately reflect business needs.
• Work with the network Engineers to create and review bandwidth reports. Revise and update where needed and create new documents where there are gaps. Centralize all documentation into one organized location for the team the access
• Learn the current network alerting and monitoring setup.
• Evaluate and recommend improvements on the current network and alerting system to make them more intuitive and actionable.
• Document all work relative to alerting strategy.

What Experience and Education You Need :

• Pursuing Bachelors or Master of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Exposure to Microsoft Office (Visio) and Microsoft Office
• Exposure in the following areas: Networking concepts, desire to learn about, routing and switching (Cisco), Network design concepts, IPV4 subnetting

What Could Set You Apart :

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Effective presentation, documentation and report writing skills.
• Demonstrated planning, task organizing and execution skills.
• Ability to work in team-oriented environment.
• Working knowledge of applicable hardware platforms.
• Ability to complete work deadlines

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane up for business
• May require a visit facility operation in temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We Offer :

Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.
What We Offer

At Americold, we believe in taking care of our people. We offer benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and future. Our associates know what’s in it for them – opportunity, purpose and a values-driven culture. When you join Americold, you become part of a mission to help our customers feed the world.