IT Help Desk Intern

NOTE: This summer internship is for up to 13 weeks, starting from the first day of the internship and ending no later than September 4, 2026. Interns are expected to work 35 hours per week in person.


Job Description

About the Team

At the NYC Department of Buildings, we are responsible for ensuring the safe and lawful use of buildings and properties by enforcing the NYC Construction Codes, Energy Code, and Zoning Resolution. We facilitate compliant development with integrity, efficiency, and professionalism. As an Agency, we are committed to remaining a premier municipal building organization, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all New Yorkers and making our city safer. As an employer, we are committed to improving our performance and developing procedures that are streamlined, understandable, and transparent.

The IT Operations Help Desk is the primary intake for all IT requests, notification of systems issues, and general inquiries. As new systems are developed or business units are added to existing systems, the number of requests increase weekly. The Help Desk receives several hundred requests a week, including password resets, Outlook issues, and general outages. The intern will assist with PC configuration and set up as well as work on PC related issues. Additional duties include assessing and responding to individual issues submitted to IT (ticketing), software resolution, and hardware resolution.


Position Responsibilities

Under the direction and supervision of the Deputy Director, Help Desk, the intern will:
- Work in or manage a service desk environment
- Work on system projects
- Work with ticket system, SERVICENOW, OTI.
- Create tickets for the DOB staff as requests are submitted
- Handle IT tasks such as: reset user password, moving PCs, basic Excel spreadsheet reviews, and Pivot Table creation


Major/ Field of Study
- Information technology, computer science, management information systems, data processing, or closely related field

SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - 10234