BMW Group

IT Infrastructure Engineer Specialist Co-Op, Fall 2026

BMW Group

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Location Type: Office

Location: United States

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Job Level

Entry Level

Tech Stack

AzureCloud

About the role

  • Perform setup and maintenance of IT infrastructure with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Integrate multi‑vendor solutions using a vendor‑agnostic design approach.
  • Monitor capacity and prepare scalability forecasts and recommendations.
  • Ensure system availability, redundancy, backups, and recoverability through proactive operational processes.
  • Collaborate on complex technical projects within a large enterprise IT environment.
  • Support long‑term planning and lifecycle requirements for infrastructure systems.
  • Document system designs, configurations, lessons learned, and best practices.
  • Take action based on service metrics and operational reports to ensure stability and security.
  • Participate in infrastructure lifecycle management to minimize operational risk and ensure continuity.
  • Work collaboratively within BMW’s global infrastructure network.
  • Ensure adherence to BMW Group strategy across technical decisions.
  • Maintain technical security architecture, platform availability, performance, and maintenance routines.
  • Provide technical direction to contractors, service providers, and internal partners.
  • Support ITIL processes such as change, incident, and configuration management.
  • Present infrastructure topics to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • Negotiate project scope, schedule, and budget with stakeholders.
  • Develop and analyze reports to ensure SLAs are met and operational processes are consistently followed.
  • Recommend and support quality‑improvement initiatives and stay informed of emerging trends and innovations.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Passion for IT technologies and innovative digital solutions.
  • Experience with Azure AD and Microsoft 365.
  • Experience with agile tools and methods.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, planning, and organizational skills.
  • Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
  • Self‑motivated, structured, and results‑oriented.
  • Strong vendor, interface, and process‑management skills.
  • Foundational knowledge of cloud architecture, network operations, databases, programming, data analytics, enterprise IT, and/or end‑user device deployments.

Requirements

  • Possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (not just in major)
  • Have enrolled student status at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.
  • Completed at least 30 credit hours at time of application.
  • Ability to work full-time on-site (40 hours / week).
  • Transfer students must have a GPA from current university.
  • MUST ATTACH A COPY OF UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
  • Complete and pass a substance abuse test before the work term.
  • Must be an enrolled student during all three rotations.
Benefits
  • A good student experience is never hands-off.
  • Dedicated to fostering a dynamic learning environment.
  • Students actively engage in practical experiences.
  • Students are entrusted with specific responsibilities.
  • Encouraged to share and implement their own ideas.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
IT infrastructure setupmulti-vendor solutions integrationcapacity monitoringscalability forecastingsystem availability managementtechnical security architecturecloud architecturedata analyticsprogrammingnetwork operations
Soft Skills
communicationteamworkplanningorganizational skillsself-motivatedstructuredresults-orientedvendor managementinterface managementprocess management