Many positions provide an excellent learning opportunity for students who may be new to working within an IT setting. Most jobs will provide training for new staff around technical concepts, troubleshooting strategies, and customer service skills that they will need in the position. We encourage applicants who may have limited IT experience, but who are eager to grow, to apply!
There are between 300-350 student jobs across the many IT units/organizations on campus, including but not limited to:
- Business services support
- Desktop consulting
- Desktop engineering
- Helpdesk support
- Information management and workflow
- Information security
- IT client services
- Network engineering
- Outreach and engagement
- Product management
- Student technology consulting
- Visual communications
- Web design
- Windows system administration
- Wireless support
Job postings can occur at any time. We recommend checking this page periodically, Handshake, and following Student Tech Services on Instagram / Facebook for updates (fb.com/studenttechservices).
Questions about student jobs across campus technology? Contact the One IT Student Leadership Program at one-it-student-leadership@berkeley.edu.
Did you know? 10% of professional staff across campus IT are Cal alumni! Learn more about the One IT Student Leadership Program and our efforts to foster career advancement pathways for Berkeley students to become Berkeley staff.
IT Client Services Student Technician
Are you interested in technology and learning IT skills and concepts? Would you like to meet and work with UC Berkeley’s staff and faculty? Join us! Get paid to learn IT support skills and concepts. Then provide IT services to UC Berkeley staff and faculty. You’ll work in UC Berkeley’s IT Client Services (ITCS) department, which provides direct technical support to UC Berkeley staff and faculty. Benefits include: a ~100-hour program of technical training and project leadership opportunities. No previous technical experience is necessary.
Pay rate: $18.07/hour
Hours per week: range from 8-19 in the school year, up to 40 in summer
How to apply: apply via Handshake: #8071413 or via the ITCS application form.
D-Lab Undergraduate Technician
Become a UTech for the D-Lab Frontdesk!D-Lab is hiring 4 more undergraduate students for the academic year! We need you if: you are service- and detail-oriented; you are a student who is interested in helping students; you like to be asked questions and look for answers. The UTech role serves as a first point of contact for the wider campus community for accessing D-Lab services which support data, data science, workshops, consulting, and research.
Pay rate: $18/hour
Hours per week: 10-15
How to apply: apply online with D-Lab's form. Note: work-study is required.
Application Delivery Team Student Assistant
Do you want an opportunity to do work that will positively impact every other student on campus? Then consider joining the Application Delivery Team in Campus Applications and Data. This position will work on projects, primarily software development/debugging, and fixes, as assigned. Will provide technical design recommendations and write specifications and create and maintain software documentation.
Pay rate: $25 per hour
Hours per week: 15-20 in Fall/Spring, 20-40 in Summer
How to apply: submit your cover letter and resume to rahul.shrivastava@berkeley.edu or directly on Handshake with reference to Job #7950728. The job posting will be open through July 15, 2023 then interviews will follow.
Network Engineering Assistant
Department: Berkeley IT Network Services
The Berkeley IT Network Services team is responsible for implementing and supporting data networking services for the UC Berkeley Campus. Network Engineering Assistants are responsible for implementing basic user service requests, network configuration to support those services, surveying network locations on campus and basic physical tasks required to implement service. This is a role which provides excellent experience in the area of IT Operations and includes a significant customer service component. Previous members of the Network Engineering Assistant team have gone on to successful careers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs and major tech companies. All necessary training to perform the work is provided, only a basic understanding of technology concepts and computer systems is necessary.
Pay rate: $20-25 per hour
Hours per week: 5 minimum, 10 preferred
How to apply: apply online through Handshake. For additional information regarding this position please contact the hiring department via email to nos-student-hiring@lists.berkeley.edu.
Quality Assurance Assistant
Do you want an opportunity to do work that will positively impact every other student on campus? Join the Student Information Systems (SIS) Project Testing Team. The SIS Project is a complex, multi-year initiative that will replace the University’s aging, disparate and outdated systems with an integrated, centralized system. The Quality Assurance (QA) Assistant provides support to the QA Team by helping to identify software defects or bugs. For example, the QA Assistant will help create, manage and execute test scenarios, help conduct formal testing sessions, help record test results and track the resolution of all identified defects.
Pay rate: $20-30/hour
Hours per week: up to 19.5 hours per week during Fall/Spring
How to apply: apply through Handshake - #8136699. You can also submit your cover letter and resume to Janhavi Deshpande at janhavideshpande@berkeley.edu.
One IT Program Outreach & Engagement Assistant
This position provides an excellent learning opportunity for students who are interested in growing their social media, marketing, event planning, and community building skills, while developing additional skills within a broad technology-focused setting. You will provide support to the One IT Program Manager, who oversees multiple programs, including: the annual IT Strategic Planning process involving coordination, outreach, and communication to stakeholders across the campus; planning and strategy for large-scale One IT programs and events; and engaging with IT staff through monthly forums, social media, technology.berkeley.edu website, and new employee welcome outreach.
Pay rate: $20/hour
Hours per week: 6-10 Monday - Friday
How to apply: apply to this position in Handshake - #8056173.
Editorial Assistant
Our goal is to help the campus community easily find the information they need to solve their technical needs or challenges and to communicate change, as it arises. We also work to help bring the IT community together through our One IT initiative. Learn more about this opportunity and meet the team: https://technology.berkeley.edu/communications
This position will be to write and/or edit content for various Berkeley IT communications channels including the technology.berkeley.edu website, email correspondence, print materials, and social media.
Pay rate: $16-20 per hour, depending on experience
Hours per week: 10-20, Monday - Friday
How to apply: apply online via Handshake, or send your cover letter, resume, and at least three writing and/or editing samples to Jeané Blunt at jeane@berkeley.edu. At the top of each writing example, please provide a description of the work you did on it and why you chose that example.
Digital Communications Assistant
Our goal is to help the campus community easily find the information they need to solve their technical needs or challenges and to communicate change, as it arises. We also work to help bring the IT community together through our One IT initiative. Learn more about this opportunity and meet the team: https://technology.berkeley.edu/communications
This position will be to help create graphics and other visual content to be shared through various Berkeley IT communications channels including the technology.berkeley.edu website, email correspondence, print materials, and social media.
Pay rate: $16-20 per hour, depending on experience
Hours per week: 10-20, Monday - Friday
How to apply: apply online via Handshake or send your cover letter, resume, and at least three design samples to Max DiBlasi at max.diblasi@berkeley.edu. At the top of each design example, please provide a description of the work you did on it and why you chose that example.
IT Technician Assistant
Department: Office of Lab Animal Care
Explore a career in information systems technology while supporting animal care staff at UC Berkeley! This position provides excellent learning and growth opportunities in IT user experience, information systems technology, customer service, and desktop support (hardware and software). Support technicians and OLAC staff with animal management systems.