Intern, IT in Spring Grove, Illinois

IT Internship

Scot Forge Company is looking to hire six IT Interns for the Summer of 2025 at the corporate facility in Spring Grove, IL. An IT internship at Scot Forge will provide a variety of experiences and exposure to the IT efforts of a manufacturing environment including data science, software development, business systems analytics, cybersecurity, and more. The interns will be supporting the IT team through their daily tasks and projects.

This Program Offers:

• Paid Compensation

• Professional Career Development and Mentoring

• Real World Problem Solving

• Meaningful Project Work

• Collaborative Work Environment

Anticipated Projects include:

• IT Operations and Security/Support Service: provide level-one and level-two support to users by troubleshooting hardware and software issues; assist in the installation of new IT hardware and software technologies; contribute to security assessments, policies, procedures, and execution; create detailed documentation of IT processes and procedures; participate in on-call availability for help desk phone

• Software Engineer: develop clean, efficient, and documented code for existing and new software applications; design and implement back-end and front-end systems using modern languages and frameworks; write unit, integration, and functional tests to validate code quality

• Data Scientist: pre-process source data into usable, high-quality datasets; conduct exploratory data analysis to visualize datasets; apply statistical techniques to evaluate relationships and interpret data; develop, train, and evaluate predictive models

• Business Systems Analyst: translate user requirements into technical and functional requirements; generate reports, dashboards, and visualizations for business stakeholders; contribute to the design of software enhancements or changes; create detailed documentation of existing and new business processes

Qualifications:

Required Skills

• Minimum Sophomore standing in pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Business Systems, Information Technology, or related field.

• Independent worker with strong self-management and problem-solving skills, who can demonstrate learning agility in Software Development, data science, cybersecurity, and other related initiatives.

Preferred Skills

• Any IT certifications (CompTIA A+, AWS or Azure, etc.) are desirable but not required

• Working knowledge of one or more programming languages

• Understanding of software development principles and practices

• Experience with database systems, concepts, and operations

• Knowledge of the data science process

• Understanding of fundamental networking, operating systems, and hardware concepts

• Effective collaborator with strong communication skills

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work anywhere in the U.S. without sponsorship

• Must be able to pass a 90 day head hair drug test today.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer: M/F/Disabled/Vets encouraged to apply.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.