Technical Intern

Description

Leidos is seeking a Data Pipeline / Splunk Engineering Intern with a Computer Science, Data Science, or similar technical background to join our team in support of the SMIT contract, the largest IT services program for the U.S. Navy.

Under the Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) program, the Leidos team delivers the core backbone of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), including cybersecurity services, network operations, service desk, and data transport. The team supports the Navy in unifying enterprise data to improve operational visibility, reliability, and decision-making.

The successful candidate will support data ingestion, transformation, and analytics pipelines that feed Splunk dashboards and monitoring solutions used by network operations teams, site reliability engineers (SREs), and executive leadership. This internship provides hands-on experience in data engineering, Python development, enterprise observability, and Agile delivery within a mission-critical environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of data pipelines that ingest, transform, and deliver data to Splunk and analytics platforms
• Write and maintain Python scripts to process log, metric, and event data
• Assist with data validation, normalization, and enrichment to improve data quality and usability
• Support onboarding of new data sources from infrastructure, applications, and network systems
• Assist with building dashboards and visualizations that consume pipeline-produced data
• Perform analysis, trending, and exploratory data analysis to identify insights and anomalies
• Collaborate with Splunk developers, SREs, and operations teams to understand data requirements
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives
• Contribute to backlog items, technical documentation, and process improvements
• Work with a geographically distributed (remote) team

Basic Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• Experience with Python programming
• Coursework or hands-on experience with data processing or data pipelines
• Familiarity with structured or semi-structured data (e.g., JSON, CSV, log files)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and learn in a fast-paced technical environment
• Holds or has ability to obtain a secret Level security clearance
• US citizenship required
• GPA of 3.0 or higher

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Splunk or other log analytics / observability platforms
• Experience with data visualization tools or libraries (e.g., Splunk dashboards, matplotlib, Plotly, Power BI, Tableau)
• Familiarity with REST APIs and data ingestion patterns
• Exposure to Linux environments or command-line tooling
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Familiarity with Agile development and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
• Interest in data engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), or observability platforms
• Security+ certification or interest in pursuing DoD-aligned certifications

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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