Intern/Co-op

About the Role

Marathon Petroleum Company LP (MPC) offers internship and co-op opportunities to high-performing college students seeking meaningful hands-on experience in their fields of study. Interns and co-ops work alongside experienced professionals as contributing members of diverse teams.

Key Responsibilities

MPC Information Technology offers a variety of opportunities to gain real-world experience and enhance skill sets in the following IT job positions:

• Business Systems Analysis Intern:
• Act as a liaison between IT and business units to translate business requirements into the development, implementation, and enhancement of new and existing systems.
• Identify and evaluate new IT capabilities to improve business outcomes, recommending and communicating appropriate solutions and/or enhancements to current systems.
• Develop and execute processes for creating, managing, and executing quality assurance for technology solutions.
• Manage and/or coordinate incident management execution in collaboration with internal and external parties.
• Cloud Engineering Intern:
• Support the development and execution of cloud strategy within Marathon’s existing IT infrastructure.
• Implement Marathon’s cloud strategy from a technical perspective, including design, planning, integration, automation, maintenance, and support of cloud architecture.
• Evaluate public and private cloud systems to identify and deliver appropriate solutions.
• Infrastructure Engineering & Operations Intern:
• Focus on Network Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Operational Technology (OT) Engineering.
• Support routine maintenance, performance testing, and basic troubleshooting of infrastructure systems.
• Assist with system configuration, backup and recovery procedures, analyzing performance data, and documenting solutions.
• (OT Engineering interns additionally support industrial control systems such as HMIs and PLCs, collaborating with engineers and business teams to meet operational and technical requirements.)
• Software Development Intern:
• Focus on Software Engineering or Quality Assurance (QA) Engineering.
• Contribute to the software development lifecycle by ensuring functionality and quality.
• (Software Engineering Intern focuses on designing, developing, testing, and deploying enterprise software solutions, emphasizing automation, security, and continuous improvement. This role involves applying engineering best practices, participating in code reviews, and documenting technical requirements and designs.)
• (QA Intern supports the validation of solutions through manual and automated testing, assisting in test strategy development, test script creation/execution, and bug reporting. They work closely with cross-functional teams to uphold quality standards and contribute to documentation, automation, and QA process enhancement within an Agile environment.)
• Data Engineer Intern:
• Support routine data extraction, ingestion, transformation, and quality management activities for reliable and secure data processing.
• Assist with the design and development of basic data pipelines.
• Perform data cleansing and normalization tasks.
• Maintain technical documentation and support data security practices.
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to communicate project progress, troubleshoot minor data issues, and ensure consistency across data engineering processes.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Desired Majors: Information Systems/MIS/CIS, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer & Software Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering & other IT related Disciplines
• Strong academic performance.
• Concurrent enrollment in a degree-seeking program throughout the duration of the experience.
• Military experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US on a full-time indefinite basis without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Locations

• Corporate: Findlay, OH; San Antonio, TX
• Various refinery locations

Compensation

• $25.24 - $31.55 per hour