Intern Infrastructure Engineering

compeerfinancial; Lakeville (MN); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Learning and development programs

Mentorship programs

Paid internship

Job summary

Compeer Financial is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Intern to support the technology platforms that enable operations. This paid summer role offers hands-on experience with cloud and on-premises infrastructure, storage, compute, networking, and automation, under experienced engineers.

You will gain practical exposure to reliability, security, and lifecycle management while collaborating with multiple teams.

Qualifications

• This internship targets students pursuing IT, CS, or related technical disciplines.
• Foundational knowledge of OS, networking, cloud, and infrastructure services is expected.
• Familiarity with scripting or automation languages is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support defined infrastructure assignments with focus on quality, security, and reliability.
• Help maintain infrastructure documentation, runbooks, inventories, and reports.
• Assist with data gathering for lifecycle planning and health assessments.
• Contribute to incident, problem, and change-management activities as needed.
• Learn and apply AI-assisted tools under guidance to accelerate tasks.

Skills

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Networking concepts

Cloud platforms

Automation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in IT/CS/CE/Cybersecurity

Tools

Linux

Windows Server

Job description

Empowered to live. Inspired to work. Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to help provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities. Join us in a culture that not only promotes meaningful work and professional development, but provides a flexible, hybrid work environment and excellent benefits, which empower you to thrive both personally and professionally.

How we support you:

• Hybrid model - up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities (i.e. Inclusion Council, emerging professional groups, etc.)
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement and more!
• Casual/seasonal & intern team members are not eligible for benefits except for state-mandated programs.

To learn more about Compeer Financial visit www.compeer.com/careers .

This is a paid internship; however, the intern must provide their own housing and transportation. Business related transportation and expenses will be paid by the organization. This intern will work full-time through the summer of 2027. The internship is located out of Lakeville, MN office location. If pursuing internship credit through your university, it is your responsibility to consult with your advisor and review the internship's job description to ensure it meets the minimum eligibility requirements.

The contributions you will make:

The Infrastructure Engineering Intern is a temporary developmental role designed to provide practical experience supporting the technology platforms that enable Compeer's business operations. Working with guidance from experienced infrastructure engineers, this role contributes to well-defined activities that improve the reliability, availability, security, documentation, and lifecycle management of infrastructure services.

The intern will gain exposure to enterprise infrastructure, including cloud and on-premises platforms, storage, compute, networking, monitoring, automation, disaster recovery, and technical service management. The role develops technical, professional, and business capabilities while helping the team advance meaningful reliability, resiliency, and modernization work.

A typical day:

• Support well-defined infrastructure assignments under guidance, with attention to quality, security, reliability, documentation, and established technical standards.
• Assist with maintaining infrastructure documentation, runbooks, inventories, dependency information, lifecycle records, and operational reports.
• Help gather, validate, and organize data to support infrastructure lifecycle planning, technical debt identification, platform health assessments, and audit or remediation activities.
• Participate in monitoring and observability activities by reviewing alerts, trends, dashboards, and capacity or performance information with team guidance.
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of automation scripts, repeatable procedures, and operational documentation.
• Support disaster recovery, resiliency, and business-continuity readiness activities through documentation, evidence collection, exercise preparation, and follow-up tracking.
• Participate in incident, problem, and change-management activities as appropriate; contribute to root-cause learning and continuous-improvement efforts.
• Use AI-enabled tools responsibly to accelerate research, documentation, analysis, and routine work while validating results, protecting sensitive information, and maintaining human accountability.
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineers, security, architecture, application teams, service management, vendors, and business partners.
• Seek coaching, apply feedback, build technical knowledge, and demonstrate accountability for personal growth and assigned deliverables.

The skills and experience we prefer you have:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Management Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Coursework, projects, or experience related to systems administration, networking, cloud computing, cybersecurity, automation, databases, or enterprise technology.
• Foundational understanding of operating systems, networking concepts, servers, cloud platforms, or infrastructure services.
• Familiarity with one or more scripting or automation languages, such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or a comparable language.
• Exposure