IT Intern

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.

MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence.

We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.

We are seeking an IT Intern to support the development and implementation of a search and analytics solution using OpenSearch. This project focuses on enabling text-based search and analytics across multiple sets of unstructured data to improve visibility, insight, and decision-making. The intern will work cross-functionally with IT Infrastructure, SAP, and MES teams to design data ingestion pipelines, evaluate machine learning capabilities, and deliver meaningful visualizations and dashboards.

Pay range: $14 - 17 per hour

Principle Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT Infrastructure to support server setup and environment configuration for OpenSearch.
• Work with SAP and MES teams to identify, source, and ingest unstructured data currently stored in systems such as SAP BW and MES.
• Design and implement automated data ingestion pipelines for at least five unstructured data sources, including but not limited to:
  • Customer Orders
  • Production Data
  • Sales Data
  • Web-Scraped Data
  • MES Data
• Analyze and evaluate OpenSearch machine learning plugins to determine best-fit use cases.
• Support user management, access controls, and security concepts within OpenSearch.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations (charts, graphs, etc.) to present search results and analytics.
• Perform a cost analysis related to scalability and future expansion of the solution.
• Conduct a pro/con analysis comparing OpenSearch capabilities to existing tools such as SAP BW and Power BI.

Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with unstructured data.
• Basic understanding of data pipelines, search technologies, or analytics platforms.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional technical teams.
• Highly motivated, curious, and eager to learn new technologies.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.

Experience/Experience

• Pursuing a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
• Familiarity with Linux environments, scripting, or programming languages (e.g. Python, SQL) are a plus
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of SAP a plus.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.