ESS IT Summer Interns 2025

$48,620 - $65,670/Yr

BAE Systems - Falls Church, VA

- Intern

Hybrid - Falls Church, VA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The BAE Systems ESS-IT Internship Program provides a broad and integrated understanding of enterprise level service delivery. The program consists of a 12-week hands-on experience with mentors and Service Leaders. Several positions are available ranging from system administration, data security / architecture, data engineering, software development, graphic user interface design, end to end user experience, and project related work.

Responsibilities

• Perform data analysis and extract useful business insights
• Identify actionable insights, suggest recommendations and help influence the direction of the business by communicating results to cross-functional groups
• Suggest improvements in the tools and techniques to help scale the team
• Experience working in an agile environment, with distributed teams
• Help develop internal wiki for cross-training within SharePoint/Teams

Requirements

• Major Degree - Computer Science / Information Technology / Cybersecurity / or Information Systems
• Experience in solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches (or equivalent)
• Curious, self-driven, analytical and excited to play with data
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
• Student Status - Rising Junior, Senior or Graduate Student (Graduating May or Dec.)

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of security tools such as Splunk, ArcSight, Nessus Security Center, CrowdStrike, CyberArk, etc
• Comfortable performing system administration on a shell/command line interface
• Development experience in at least one scripting language (R, Python, Bash, Java, PowerShell, etc.)
• Update and validate the Software install/support documents
• Familiarity Software development lifecycle to: gather requirements, refine design, build, verify build and validate build
• Familiarity with eDirectory, Identity Management Concepts, DevSecOps Environments, Linux OS, or Active Directory
• Familiarity with one or more UNIX operating systems, such as RedHat
• Experience with User Interface redesigning, wireframing, free hand mockups, and testing practices
• Collaboration skills with UX Designer, Content Strategist, UX Writer, Product Owners, Data Analysts, and Developers
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritize work, as required, to meet dynamic customer service environment.
• Excellent Customer service skills at all levels

Benefits

• The internship is paid on an hourly basis.
• Temporary employees can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan.
• Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.