AES Corporation

Data Engineer Intern-1

Posted on: 2 Feb 2022

Indianapolis, IN

Job Description

At AES we have an amazing opportunity to transform the world with renewable energy. By using the vast amounts of information available, we are designing Smart Maintenance, Smart Operations, Smart Grid and other Energy related solutions to improve our operations and be a leader in renewable energy generation. 

Data Engineers work collaboratively with business and technology stakeholders to establish and maintain the enterprise data architecture, data migration efforts.  You will be responsible forbuilding and operating the latest cloud based data technologies from data ingestion to consumption. As part of a team, you help to successfully deploy large scale data solutions in the enterprise, using modern cloud based technologies.  

As an intern, you can grow through challenging work, get involved in meaningful projects and receive great coaching from our leaders. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter.

Your Role and Responsibilities

START AND END DATES FOR THIS INTERNSHIP ARE DURING SUMMER 2021 (3 months)

Data Scientists are a part of AES's digital transformation. If hired, you will be matched to a team based on business demand, location and fit.  Join the forward-thinking teams at AES solving some of the world’s renewable energy problems – there is no better place to grow your career!

The Work You May Do

Build pipelines and processes for cleaning and organizing data as well as build tools to help make the data accessible by data scientists.
Communicate with internal and external clients to understand business needs and provide technical solutions.
Create and present materials on data projects, cloud architecture and system performance strategies.
Utilize big data analytics tools and apply techniques for data retrieval, preparation and modeling
Mine data from and build integrations with cloud databases
Collaborate with data engineers and systems architect to implement analytical solutions
Create analytical dashboards for troubleshooting and performance analysis 
You have a strong understanding of programming languages extensively used in Data Science applications (e.g., R, Python, Scala, Java, etc.)
You can debug, troubleshoot, design and implement solutions to complex technical issues.
Build capabilities with software tools (e.g. Google Cloud Platform)
Work in an Agile, collaborative environment, partnering with other scientists, engineers, and database administrators of all backgrounds and disciplines to bring analytical rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of predicting behaviors.

Who You Are

You have a knack for transforming data and migrating data.
Passion for creating scripts to move data and a prowess for data manipulation
Ability to deal with ambiguity and the flexibility to change direction as additional information becomes available.
Currently enrolled in Business Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, Computer Science, or Engineering

Required Professional and Technical Expertise

Training or relevant coursework in data science, computer science, cloud computing.
Must have experience coding in R and/or Python.

Preferred Professional And Technical Expertise

Advanced knowledge of SQL and perform data Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) and data pre-processing
Experience collaborating on coding projects in Google Cloud Platform
Design, develop, and test cloud solutions leveraging tools including Data Lakes, Data Cubes, and Data Warehouses

AES Corporation

Arlington, VA

The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. The company also owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market.

It uses a range of fuels to generate electricity, including natural gas, coal, pet coke, diesel, and oil, as well as renewables, such as hydro, solar, wind, energy storage, biomass, and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 31,792 megawatts. It has operations in the United States, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

  • Industry
    Energy/Utilities
  • No. of Employees
    9, 000
  • Jobs Posted
    208