Intern-College - Middleware

The CPS Energy Internship Program is designed to meet the industry’s rapidly changing workforce needs by providing local San Antonio college students with public utility career experience. Through the internship program students are paired with a mentor to acquire meaningful hands-on experience that expands their understanding of how the industry works and exposes them to essential skills they must acquire or develop to be successful. The internship is not only meant for the intern to learn how to perform, but to also understand the rationale behind the strategies that are being used. 

 
The Middleware college Intern will support the Middleware team in documenting, monitoring, analyzing, and improving integration processes that connect business applications, vendors, databases, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems. The intern will gain hands-on exposure to integration technologies such as IBM MQ, IBM ACE, APIs, file transfers, certificates, monitoring tools, and modern iPaaS platforms such as Azure Logic Apps, Oracle Integration Cloud, MuleSoft, or API Gateway solutions.

 

Fall 2026 Internship Cohort

Application deadline: 6/19/2026

Location: CPS Energy headquarters 500 McCullough Ave., San Antonio, TX 78215

Current college transcript is required for the application*

• Interest in enterprise application integration concepts such as APIs, messaging systems, or cloud integrations 

• Ability to support and enhance documentation for integration workflows, system processes, and troubleshooting procedures.  

• Curiosity about middleware tools such as IBM MQ, ACE, WebLogic, MuleSoft, Azure Logic Apps, Oracle Integration Cloud 

• Willingness to learn how alerts are generated, routed, and resolved in enterprise environments—including performance or reliability notifications.  

• Basic understanding of programming or scripting (Java, SQL, shell scripting, or similar) is helpful but not required.  

• Written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly 

• Detail‑oriented mindset for organizing system information, documenting processes, and reviewing performance data 

• Analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with interest in diagnosing or tracking issues with guidance from senior team members 

• Ability to manage multiple small tasks and prioritize work in a supportive team environment 

• Collaboration skills for partnering with developers, infrastructure teams, and business units, mirroring how middleware developers support operations 

• Documenting application flows, APIs, MQ queues, file transfers, endpoints, and dependencies. 

• Creating diagrams that show how systems communicate with each other.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Must be currently enrolled in a related discipline.

A minimum GPA of 2.5.

Must currently reside within 120 miles of CPS Energy Headquarters.

Demonstrated leadership potential.

Self-motivated and results oriented.

Exceptional communication skills.

Effective networking skills.

Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Demonstrate an interest in a career applicable to the utility industry.

Participate in full-time employment with CPS Energy.

Attend all activities sponsored by CPS Energy during employment.

Pass a drug test and background screen prior to employment with CPS Energy.

Submit application, resume, transcripts.

• Coursework or project experience related to APIs, cloud platforms, system integration, or distributed systems 

• Exposure to monitoring tools, logging systems, or alerting frameworks. 

• Experience working in team‑based technical environments; student groups, internships, labs, or capstone projects 

Communicates Effectively

Learning Quickly

Serving Customers

Delivering High Quality Work

Adapting to Others

Must be a college student; currently enrolled in a related discipline

Indoor work, operating computer, manual dexterity, talking, hearing, and presenting. Use of personal computing equipment, phone, multi-functioning printer & calculator. Ability to travel to & from meetings, training sessions or other busi-related events.

Indoor work, operating computer, manual dexterity, talking, hearing, repetitive motion. Use of personal computing equipment, telephone, multi-functioning printer and calculator.