Systems Engineers ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of information systems that support core organizational functions and customers. This internship will focus on roadmap/foundation initiatives helping to advance the introduction of technologies like: Airflow, Spark, Kubernetes & Ansible.

At the direction of the owner architect, the Systems Engineer Intern will help with deploying new technologies within the Tech Lab (on-prem or in cloud), as well as functional and performance tests needed to vet out new technology.

Internship details:

• The internship will begin January 5, 2022

• Our intention is to have interns work on-site in Conway, Arkansas if possible. However, your internship may begin virtually and could continue virtually for its entirety. We plan to transition interns to on-site work when teams transition back into the office, but we currently do not have a timeline for this transition

• 20-25 hours/week work dedication during the semester and up to 40/week during breaks and summer

• Anticipated graduation date between May 2022 - May 2023

• Applicants for this internship position with Acxiom in the U.S. must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Acxiom (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (CPT/OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)

What You Will Do:

• Deploy new candidate software technologies within our on-prem or cloud Tech Lab

• Assist in the provisioning of compute, storage and network resources need to support new technology

• Test the function and performance of new technology

• Identify potential performance-related issues, work with vendor and owner architect, and implements solutions

• Research and summarize industry best practices for deploying and managing the candidate technology that we would review and potentially adopt as part of overlay production-ready strategy

• Do vital prep work needed to get new technology ready to leave the lab (i.e., automated deployment configs, runbooks, other handoff documentation, etc.)

• Write scripts or playbooks needed to automate deployment/configuration across multiple environment

• Document deployment processes and options needed by system admins and or server managers who will be deploying the technology outside the lab

• Design and document disaster recovery operation for the technology

• Assist in designing and implementing automation for provisioning, management, and monitoring of new technology

• Authentication and authorization controls for the new technology

• Design and implement security hardening

What You Need:

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Networking, Information Systems, or related field
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Korn shell scripting
• Experience with Linux/Unix operating system environment
• Experience with GIT version control repository and practices

What will set you apart:

• Experience installing and evaluating open-source or 3rd party software for functionality and usability
• Automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Helm, Chef, Terraform)
• VMWare, Docker, Kubernetes
• Cloud Computing environments (e.g., AWS or GCP)
• Snowflake or Spark
• Experience with traditional and non-traditional backup methodologies

Who are we seeking?

• Top Talent & High Performers: We hire the brightest in the industry!
• Innovative Collaborators: We drive operational improvements to promote efficiency and improve performance.
• Future Leaders: We develop our people and promote from within.
• Game Changers: We empower people to challenge the status quo and explore new possibilities.
• Emotional Intelligence: We cultivate greatness both within ourselves and with others.
• Hardworking Employees: We look for initiative to conquer complex challenges.

We believe in building an exciting workplace where associates feel highly motivated and want to engage every single day. It's important to Acxiom that we invest in our culture and promote a healthy work-life balance. Acxiom has a fast paced, high-performance culture where we empower our people to do innovative, ground breaking work. You will always be guided to do what is right.

Acxiom is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics or other protected status.

PRIMARY LOCATION CITY/STATE:

Conway, Arkansas

Acxiom is a customer intelligence company that provides data-driven solutions to enable the world’s best marketers to better understand their customers to create better experiences and business growth. A leader in customer data management, identity, and the ethical use of data for more than 50 years, Acxiom now helps thousands of clients and partners around the globe work together to create millions of better customer experiences, every day.