Intern - Data Engineering

MidAmerican Energy Company has an exciting career opportunity available. Take the next step in your career and apply now!

Skills for Success

- Effective oral and written communication skills.

- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Effective interpersonal skills and customer relationship skills

- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.

- Experience using Python and Spark to develop data engineering pipelines

- Experience using SQL to work with database tables and ETL processes.

- Taken coursework in data analytics, machine learning, statistics, or computational mathematics preferred.

Qualifications

- Must be a college student, sophomore, or higher standing, currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program in data analytics, data science, computer science, management information systems, mathematics, or related field of study.

- Must be available June 2026 - August 2026.

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and the Windows operating environment.

Primary Job Duties And Responsibilities

- Assist in building and maintaining data pipelines to collect, process, and transform data from various sources.

- Work with team members and business groups to understand data requirements and support analytics projects.

- Help prepare clean and structured datasets for use by Data Scientists and Analysts.

- Perform basic data discovery, profiling, and quality checks to ensure accuracy and consistency.

- Support development of ETL processes using Python, Spark and SQL under guidance from senior team members.

- Learn and assist in implementing data models and storage solutions in relational and cloud-based systems.

- Follow data security and governance best practices when handling data.

- Monitor and troubleshoot simple data workflows with guidance from the team.

- Document data processes and tasks to support transparency and learning.

- Collaborate using Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office, and Azure DevOps for communication and project organization.

- Respond to feedback from team members and strive for continuous learning and improvement.

- Perform any additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

Performance Expectations

- Perform responsibilities as directed within determined time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.

- Establish and maintain effective work relationships within the department and the company.

- Maintain the professional competence, knowledge and skills necessary to effectively complete responsibilities; enhance job knowledge and abilities by taking personal responsibility for professional development and training.

- Maintain sensitive and confidential information regarding company information.

- Attend work on a regular basis and support the company's employee policies and procedures, including workplace safety rules.

- Ensure all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understand and comply with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.