IT Support Specialist Intern

Reflect Orbital
Hawthorne, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with hands-on IT support experience who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior help desk or IT support experience and a background in networking or cloud platforms
    — “Prior help desk, IT Support, or computer repair experience”
  • Individuals who are comfortable with both technical execution and user-facing communication
    — “Strong communication skills”
  • Students or recent graduates in IT, Computer Science, or Cybersecurity with a proactive mindset
    — “Currently enrolled in a university program in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field”

Things to consider

  • On-site work is required, with occasional lifting of equipment up to 40 lbs
    — “Able to work on site and occasionally lift/move equipment up to 40 lbs.”
  • The role involves managing user onboarding and offboarding across major platforms
    — “Onboarding and offboarding users, on services like AWS, Google, and Windows”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with identity and access management tools like MFA and password managers
    — “Exposure to identity and access management concepts: SSO, MFA, least privilege, password managers”
  • Emphasize your ability to write user-facing guides and maintain documentation
    — “Contribute to IT documentation, internal knowledge base, and write user facing guides”
  • Showcase hands-on experience with networking gear such as UniFi or VLAN configurations
    — “Hands on experience with PC building and networking gear (e.g., UniFi)”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS and Microsoft 365
    — “Familiarity with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365”
  • Include examples of resolving hardware or connectivity issues across multiple OS platforms
    — “Diagnose connectivity issues on Windows, macOS, and Linux machines”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • supporting employee IT requests
  • diagnosing connectivity issues
  • onboarding and offboarding users
Typical background
IT support rolesuniversity program in IT or related field

Skills & requirements

Required

IT SupportNetworkingAccount ManagementDocumentationHardware Management

Preferred

ScriptingAWSIT Compliance

Stack & domain

WindowsMacosLinuxGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365NetworkingPC HardwareIdentity And Access ManagementScriptingAWSIT Compliance FrameworksCommunicationIT SupportCloud ServicesSecurity

About the role

Original posting from Reflect Orbital via Ashby

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an IT Support Specialist Intern to join our internal IT team. You will be the first point of contact to support the technology needs across the company: account access, laptops and workstations, printers, conference rooms. This is a hands-on role covering many of the growing IT support tasks at Reflect Orbital.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Serve as support for employee IT requests, resolving tickets or escalating as needed
  • Diagnose connectivity issues on Windows, macOS, and Linux machines
  • Prepare and configure laptops and workstations
  • Onboarding and offboarding users, on services like AWS, Google, and Windows
  • Handle account access requests: password and 2FA resets, license and seat assignment across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, and Adobe
  • Contribute to IT documentation, internal knowledge base, and write user facing guides
  • Keep the server room, IT rack, and inventory of supplies organized and stocked
  • Place hardware and supply orders
  • Coordinate warranty repairs and onsite vendor technician visits
  • Managing and recording IT assets
  • Assist with wireless access points, switch ports, VLAN and DNS changes, and VPN/mesh network enrollment

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Currently enrolled in a university program in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field
  • Working knowledge of Windows and comfortable with macOS and Linux
  • Familiarity with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365
  • Familiarity with networking concepts
  • Experience diagnosing PC hardware issues
  • Strong communication skills
  • Able to work on site and occasionally lift/move equipment up to 40 lbs.

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Prior help desk, IT Support, or computer repair experience
  • Exposure to identity and access management concepts: SSO, MFA, least privilege, password managers
  • Hands on experience with PC building and networking gear (e.g., UniFi)
  • Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)
  • Hands-on experience with AWS: IAM / Identity Center, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, Cost Explorer
  • Awareness of IT compliance frameworks (CMMC, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001)

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

BENEFITS

Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.

  • Generous paid time off
  • Healthy lunches provided daily

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

More about Reflect Orbital:

Learn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team

Source: Reflect Orbital careers (Ashby)

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