IT Intern

Swift Transportation • Phoenix, AZ

2d • $17 - $23

About The Position

Swift Transportation has been an Industry leader for many years with a profound history dating back to the 1960s. Swift is the largest truckload carrier in America with various locations throughout the nation that allow our drivers, shop employees, and office staff to cultivate strong connections. We are a company that is passionate about continual learning and improvement which in turn, allows for a diverse amount of advancement and growth opportunities. We place a strong emphasis on culture because we strongly believe that it is a key contributor in achieving overall results here at Swift. This Internship will be working with our IT Infrastructure team Join Knight‑Swift’s IT DevOps department to help build and operate the platforms and tooling that power our Big Data and cloud-native systems. You’ll contribute to the Platform Team on scalable cloud and data infrastructure and support the Processing Team with source code management, CI/CD deployments, infrastructure automation, and Kubernetes operations. This is a hands‑on role where you’ll ship value, not just shadow roles.

Requirements

• Practical experience in functional area preferred.
• Must possess desire to learn and grow in knowledge of the transportation industry and company.
• Must be flexible and able to quickly grasp and apply new information and/or concepts.
• Must possess excellent and professional communication skills.
• Must possess basic understanding of business terminology.
• Must possess strong organizational skills.
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment.
• Currently pursuing a BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Familiarity with one programming language (e.g., Python/Go/Java/TypeScript) and Linux fundamentals.
• Basic understanding of Git, containers (Docker), and cloud concepts.
• Strong curiosity and ownership mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework or projects with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, or cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and working with YAML‑based configurations.
• Exposure to data systems (Kafka, Hadoop) or observability tooling (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK

Responsibilities

• Assist with provisioning and maintaining cloud infrastructure (VPC/VNet, IAM, storage, networking) using Terraform.
• Contribute to data platform components (e.g., Kafka, Iceberg, Hadoop, object storage, data pipelines) with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Implement observability for data workloads (metrics, logs, traces) and basic performance tuning.
• Participate in resilience testing (failover, autoscaling, backup/restore drills).
• Support source code repository hygiene (branching models, code owners, MR checks, framework templates).
• Build/extend CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) for containerized apps.
• Author Ansible roles/playbooks for app/config deployment and day‑2 ops tasks.
• Operate and improve Kubernetes clusters (workload deployment, RBAC, secrets, autoscaling, basic troubleshooting).
• Document runbooks and contribute to internal knowledge base.
• Flexibility to rotate as needed to support needs of the functional area.
• Gain familiarity with multiple departments regarding support requirements.
• Document processes and test work in a clear and concise manner.
• Assist in testing the design and operating effectiveness as required by the functional area.
• Participate in and complete directed projects.
• Proactively work to assist others in achieving the organization's objectives.

Benefits

• Volunteer opportunities to support our local communities- We have an adoration for helping others which is why we have worked hard to establish partnerships with organizations such as Children's Miracle Network and Habitat for Humanity that allow us to give back.
• Training, Development & Growth Opportunities - Our success at Swift is driven by our people! Our goal is to provide a supportive environment that promotes growth and advancement. We invest the time to ensure our employees receive the best training, along with all the tools and resources to thrive.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - A diverse workforce allows us to achieve a dynamic business advantage where we can openly collaborate, thus bringing new ideas to the table that contribute to innovative and effective solutions. Everyone at Swift has a voice and your opinion matters.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees