Information Systems Internship

St. Louis, MO

Although trends change, Edward Jones remains steadfast in its values and strategy. The firm focuses on building trusted personal relationships with serious individual investors. We serve our 7+ million clients through a tailored solutions-based approach and towards meeting their long-term financial goals.

An Engaging Culture:

We're committed to providing a workplace that both challenges and rewards our associates. This commitment has contributed to our inclusion in Fortune magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For in 2018." The firm is ranked 5th overall in its 19th appearance on the prestigious list.

Additionally, the firm has been recognized as one of the top five workplaces for women – highest in the financial services industry – by the Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine, and one of America's best employers for diversity by Forbes magazine.

Headquarters Summer Internship Program:

During the 10-week program, our interns gain applicable knowledge for their future careers, as they work in partnership with Edward Jones associates.  Individualized mentorship is provided to each intern to ensure their success. This is a unique opportunity to gain experience and industry knowledge through summer project work within the Information Systems Division, while also developing professionally through networking with peers, mentors and senior leaders at our Corporate Headquarters.

Information Systems (IS) Division Overview:

You’ll push boundaries to deliver the technologies that power our business. Whether designing new applications or enhancing infrastructure, your work in Information Systems will have a meaningful impact for both our clients and the firm.

A culture of continuous learning and innovation, you’ll be empowered to bring new ideas forward and leverage emerging technologies as our business evolves. By building and evolving systems, creating industry-leading technology tools and implementing state-of-the-art security, you’ll discover better and more effective ways to support our branch teams and the clients they serve.

Position Overview:

Opportunities to perform meaningful work in a supportive hands-on learning environment exist in the following areas:

·      Business Software Development - placement may include experiences such as: 

o  Structuring complex data into relational and NoSQL databases such as Oracle, MongoDB, Hadoop and DB2

·      Quality Assurance - placement may include experiences such as: 

o  Interacting with the business and development teams to understand their testing needs to define and manage the test automation process

o  Understanding of QA methodologies, life cycle and processes

o  Creating, executing and maintaining new automated test cases using Selenium and Java

o  Evolving more predictive and intelligent testing approaches based on automation and innovative testing products and solutions

·      Information Security - placement may include experiences such as: 

o  Providing first level security monitoring and investigations to protect our systems from internal and external threats

o  Assisting with forensics analysis and fact gathering

o  Assisting with vulnerability assessments/scanning for specific applications, OS's, services, networks and servers and appliances, as required

o  Assisting with configuration and maintenance of information security tools (e.g. AV, SIEM, IPS, Firewalls, e-mail gateway protection, DLP, DBAM, NAC, Certificate Management, Encryption, Proxy technologies, Threat Intelligence, Case management, anti-malware, Network Security Monitoring, Anti-Phishing, etc.)

·      User Center Excellence - placement may include experiences such as:

o  Developing high fidelity mockups into fully functional Front-end

o  Writing clean, efficient and browser agnostic HTML5/CSS3/Javascript

o  Leveraging your experience with Front-end Frameworks such as React.js, Angular.js, etc.

·      Students with:

o  A cumulative G.P.A. or 3.0 or above

o  Sophomore or junior standing with an anticipated graduation date of December 2020 or May 2021

o  A preferred major for this opportunity, including, but not limited to:

o  Computer Science/Computer Engineering

o  Management/Information Systems

o  Other-related Technical Degrees

·      Candidates who:

o  Drive to succeed and have an interest in the financial services industry

o  Have excellent leadership, communication, teamwork and service skills

o  Demonstrate leadership in campus organizations and activities

o  Multitask and prioritize to ensure maximum productivity

o  Utilize critical thinking to challenge current processes and seek opportunities to improve

o  Are eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Beyond the Office:

When we say we are an active part of the communities we serve, we really mean it. You will find our associates serving clients in our offices, but you will also find us investing our time and talents to support local organizations and causes. As a part of your summer internship experience, you will have the opportunity to experience the following inside and outside of the office:

EEO Statement:

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.