Infrastructure Automation Engineer Intern

About Us

American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income multi-asset strategies ETFs and private investments.

Privately owned and independent we focus solely on investment management. But theres an unexpected side to us too. We direct 40% of our dividends every yearover $2 billion since 2000to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institutes breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimers. So the better we do for our clients the more we can do for everyone.

All who work here around the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative the deep relationships we build with our clients and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If youre excited to learn more about us we cant wait to learn more about you.

Role Summary

Were looking for a motivated tech-savvy Infrastructure Automation Engineer Intern to join our Infrastructure & Operations team with a focus on driving automation initiatives. This internship offers hands-on experience in an enterprise IT environment where youll collaborate with experienced professionals to streamline operations improve system reliability and reduce manual processes through innovative automation solutions.

As an AI-forward organization American Century Investments is committed to finding innovative ways to apply artificial intelligence across our technology landscape. As an Infrastructure Automation Engineer Intern youll have the opportunity to help shape how AI is used within enterprise IT exploring new approaches to automation operational efficiency and service improvement while gaining valuable hands-on experience in a modern infrastructure environment.

This program is for currently enrolled undergraduate rising seniors who will graduate in December 2027 - Spring 2028. The deadline to apply is November 1 2026.

• Location: this onsite position will be based out of our Kansas City MO office.
• Program dates: June 2nd August 6th (10 weeks).
• Work schedule: 40 hours/week - Monday Friday (8 am 5 pm).

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Assist in the design development and deployment of automation scripts and tools to support infrastructure operations applying software engineering principles and programming skills to build scalable maintainable solutions.
• Collaborate with team members to identify repetitive tasks and propose automation solutions.
• Support monitoring and alerting systems to improve visibility into infrastructure health.
• Participate in infrastructure projects involving cloud services virtualization networking and server management.
• Document processes automation workflows and technical configurations.
• Learn and apply best practices in IT operations security and change management.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• You are an incoming senior enrolled in an undergraduate program in Computer Science Information Technology Management Information Systems or a related field.
• Basic understanding of infrastructure components (servers networks virtualization cloud platforms).
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle and APIs.
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused Courageous and Accountable Collaborative Curious and Adaptable Competitively Driven.

Additional Assets (Preferred)

• Exposure to automation and scripting tools (e.g. Ansible Terraform PowerShell Python or Bash) is a plus.

What We Offer

• Competitive pay and 401k eligibility for employee contributions.
• Mentor Program - during your time with us you will be assigned a dedicated mentor to provide career coaching and mentoring.
• Access to our Business Resource Groups (Emerging Professionals Pride Mosaic Green Team and others.)
• Casual dress code - be comfortable and express your unique self.
• A robust social and philanthropic calendar of events hosted just for Interns!

Additional Requirements

Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.

American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process please send a request to All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race religious creed color sex national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status gender gender identity gender expression age for individuals forty years of age and older military and veteran status sexual orientation and any other basis protected by applicable federal state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.

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