Network Engineer Summer 2027 Intern | Enterprise Technology & Security Summer Internship Program

Network Engineer Intern: 2027 Enterprise Technology & Security Summer Internship Program

Calling all emerging technologists!

Looking to gain practical, hands-on experience in the field of network engineering? The Enterprise Technology & Security Summer Internship Program is a critical program within Enterprise Technology & Security Services that helps passionate early career professionals gain real-world exposure to groundbreaking technology.

This Internship program begins in late May 2027, and will be based out of one of our headquarters in Johnston, RI, Phoenix, AZ, or Plano, TX

Network Engineer Track

Network Engineer Interns work collaboratively with Network Engineering teams to pursue a broad range of initiatives. Citizens is a cloud first organization adopting automation in our tech stack. By using technical skills and a thirst for innovation, interns will be given the autonomy to exercise independent thought in a collaborative environment.

Through hands-on experience in this role, the Network Engineer Intern will:

• Gain exposure to maintaining and supporting widely available, secure

connectivity solutions across the enterprise.

• Develop an understanding of identifying and documenting network performance

trends and patterns while monitoring network diagnostics and health.

• Strengthen collaboration and technical delivery skills through partnering

with network engineers, architects, cybersecurity partners, cloud teams, infrastructure teams, application teams, vendors, and operations teams to plan and execute work.

• Advance your knowledge of network security technologies through exposure to

the review and optimization of firewalls, proxy gateways, and other network security components.

• Develop troubleshooting skills by investigating and resolving network

availability and accessibility issues.

• Gain exposure to automation, orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, service

catalog, and network observability initiati