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Data Engineer Intern

CompanyParexel
LocationRaleigh
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJanuary 30, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will design, build, modify, and support data pipelines using Microsoft Azure services. They will also collaborate with team leads to define business requirements and assist in troubleshooting during application deployment.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
20424
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Parexel is a leading global clinical research organization (CRO) providing insights-driven Clinical and Consulting solutions to the world’s life sciences industry. Leveraging deep local knowledge and a global breadth of clinical, regulatory and therapeutic expertise, our 24,000+ professionals worldwide work in partnership with biopharmaceutical leaders, emerging innovators and sites to design and deliver clinical trials with patients in mind — broadening access and making clinical research a care option for anyone, anywhere. Our proven track record spans 40+ years and drives us forward, advancing clinical research in healthcare’s most complex areas while harnessing innovation to drive efficiencies across every phase of the clinical development process. Our insights-driven approach, proven delivery and trusted execution are accelerating the delivery of life-changing treatments to patients — With Heart.™ We continue to earn recognition industrywide, including the 2025 Scrip Award for “Best Contract Research Organization – Full-Service Provider,” 2024 Fierce Biotech CRO Award for "Innovative Approaches to Patient-Centric Research" and the 2024 and 2023 Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) Eagle Award. Community Guidelines Because Parexel’s social media channels are open to the general public and employees, we are not responsible for views expressed other than our own. However, we do not tolerate posts that are: • Abusive, harassing or threatening to others. • Defamatory, offensive, obscene, vulgar or depicting violence. • Hateful targeting by race/ethnicity, age, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual preference or orientation, nationality or political beliefs. • Sexually explicit or pornographic. • Fraudulent, deceptive, libelous, misleading or unlawful. • Referencing criminal or illegal activity. • Spamming. We reserve the right to remove comments that do not adhere to our guidelines and report users who violate the rules of our page.
About the Role

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.
 
At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

The Data Engineer internship is an 8‑week, onsite program based in Raleigh, NC, running from May 18 through July 10. Candidates must be current undergraduate students and able to work Tuesday–Thursday in the office, with flexibility to work from home or on‑site on Mondays and Fridays. Standard hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Using Microsoft Azure data PaaS services, design, build, modify, and support data pipelines leveraging DataBricks and PowerBI in a medallion architecture setting
  • Create prototypes to validate proposed ideas and solicit input from stakeholders
  • Collaborate with Team Leads to define/clarify business requirements, estimate development costs, and finalize work plans
  • Run unit and integration tests on all created code – Create and run unit and integration tests throughout the development lifecycle
  • Support and Troubleshooting – Assist the Operations Team with any environmental issues that arise during application deployment in the Development, QA, Staging, and Production environments
  • Assist other teams in resolving issues that may develop as a result of applications or the integration of multiple components

Knowledge and Experience:

  • Understanding of design concepts and architectural basics
  • The ability to transform functional and nonfunctional needs into system requirements
  • The ability to develop and code complicated applications is required.
  • The ability to create test cases and scenarios based on specifications.
  • Knowledge of SDLC and agile techniques, current technologies and trends
  • Logical thinking and problem-solving abilities, as well as the capacity to collaborate
  • Exposure to Cloud Platform, Azure, Databricks, ADF, ADO
  • Knowledge of SQL and Python

Education:

  • Studying Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

EEO Disclaimer
Parexel is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Key Skills
Microsoft AzureData PaaSDataBricksPowerBIMedallion ArchitecturePrototypingCollaborationUnit TestingIntegration TestingTroubleshootingSQLPythonSDLCAgile TechniquesLogical ThinkingProblem Solving
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