Data Engineering Intern

State of North Carolina•Wake Forest, NC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor is searching for an intern to serve on our Data Analytics Team. Within this internship you will gain hands-on experience through directly working on projects assigned to the Data Engineering Team. As a Data Engineering Intern, you will work on projects that focus on building and optimizing data pipelines and infrastructure to support audit and oversight activities. You’ll assist in designing, developing, and maintaining ETL processes that transform raw data into structured, reliable datasets for downstream analysis. In addition, you’ll help implement data quality checks, improve data workflows, and contribute to the integration of diverse data sources. These projects will give you hands-on experience with data engineering best practices, including automation, scalability, and performance optimization, while supporting real-world audit objectives.

Requirements

Rising senior or graduate student majoring in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field with a minimum 3.0 GPA
Experience with Python, SQL or similar programming languages
Experience with Git for collaborative development

Nice To Haves

Experience or familiarity with Spark
Exposure to cloud platforms like Azure or AWS for data storage and compute

Responsibilities

Building and optimizing data pipelines and infrastructure to support audit and oversight activities.
Designing, developing, and maintaining ETL processes that transform raw data into structured, reliable datasets for downstream analysis.
Implementing data quality checks.
Improving data workflows.
Contributing to the integration of diverse data sources.
Gaining hands-on experience with data engineering best practices, including automation, scalability, and performance optimization.