Chicago Technology Consulting Intern - 2026

Are You Ready to Live Something Differentwith Protiviti

The Protiviti career provides an opportunity to learn impact and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. By teaming with our clients we solve the business challenges a dynamic world presents and discover and implement innovative business solutions. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.

At every level we champion leaders who live our values. Imagining our work as a journey integrity guides our way inclusion moves us forward together innovation creates new destinations and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Are you inspired to make a difference

Youve come to the right place.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

Technology Consulting interns work with Protivitis clients who are typically among the worlds leading companies. As an intern you collaborate with the team to deliver client solutions for complex business problems these organizations face. Experience tells us that our future leaders need to be both knowledgeable and deep in an area of expertise but also versatile having a broad range of capabilities and skill sets to solve todays complex business problems. Thats why we focus on developing interns across our business so you gain experience in different industries grow your technical capabilities and gain leadership qualities that will ensure your future success.

Our culture is grounded in empowerment teamwork and problemsolving. At all career levels we encourage innovation seeking your ideas and insights. Our people care about one another; they coach guide and help each team member to be their very best.

When you join our team you will participate in Liftoff with Protiviti our awardwinning onboarding livevirtual experience with gamification embedded in the delivery. You will also attend The Intern Challenge an experiential learning course that will help you transition successfully into your role as an intern.

Protivitis internship is an innovative experience designed to take you on a journey to immerse you in our unique business and culture. Through our internship you may work across various industries and engage in internal initiatives all of which will fuel your curiosity uncover hidden strengths and prepare you for your career. During the internship you will get a preview of Foundations Protivitis innovative entrylevel fulltime career opportunity which provides you with experiences and learning opportunities in business operations consulting data relationship building technology and innovation.

With each project you receive handson training in a nurturing environment and interact with leaders across our practice. Talent Managers will assign specific project experiences that support career growth your skills and the needs of the business. A network of advisors will help you navigate challenges and celebrate milestones. There are opportunities to join committees participate in employee network groups enjoy social civic and networking activities to aid in building meaningful relationships across the firm and in the community.

Technology Consulting interns are hired into one of the six specific solution segments including:

• Business Platform Transformation: The Business Platform Transformation segment focuses on delivering the right technology solutions to meet a clientsfunctional needs through facilitating application strategies providing development innovations and commercial application implementation services program and project management and cloud/ infrastructure strategy implementation and optimization. The team focuses on modernizing our clients technology platforms and ensuring security compliance and sustainability of solutions. The team supports organizations along their endtoend technology transformation journey delivering tailored modern application and infrastructure solutions to optimize business processes in advisory development deployment or support capacity.

• Enterprise Data Analytics & AI: Works on the process of harnessing data (internal and external to the organization) to generate valuable insights that can drive the operations and strategy of an organization. Various disciplines are involved in Enterprise Data Analytics & AI including data source identification and analysis data engineering data visualization data governance data science/machine learning and artificial intelligence solution development. The disciplines range from gathering and preparing the data for consumption to consuming this data to diagnose issues predict future outcomes improve efficiency of business processes and provide prescriptive solutions to challenges in the organization.

• Microsoft: With a unique blend of industry and technology expertise Microsoft helps organizations drive greater value in their Microsoft investment. Working closely with Microsoft as Protivitis premier ecosystem partner the team helps clients execute strategy by harnessing the power of Microsoft to enhance collaboration and increase productivity through modernization initiatives across both the business and technology. The Microsoft team works closely with Protiviti solution and industry teams to provide endtoend support by understanding specific client needs and tailoring appropriate solutions using Microsoft technologies.

• Security and Privacy: Helps organizations prevent theft or help protect sensitive data and assets. The Security and Privacy team builds partnerships by conducting risk assessments and technical testing identifying security weaknesses in client systems and providing strategic recommendations to deal with vulnerabilities and enhance overall cyber security posture. They help organizations prepare for and detect cyberattacks or other crisis events and take necessary corrective steps in reallife situations. Additionally this team offers data privacy and protection services to safeguard personal information as well as modern technology advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) penetration testing and quantum computing transforming our clients capabilities in data processing and security.

• Technology Risk and Resilience: Works with business and technology stakeholders to enable competitive advantage by managing both technology risk and organizational resilience across the organization. We do this by promoting a cohesive culture that enables the building of consistent and resilient business practices within a mature risk management program. The team is skilled in all phases of risk and resilience from understanding global regulatory requirements and leading practices to designing and implementing rightsized capabilities throughout the business technology/ cybersecurity and thirdparty risk management lifecycles. This team is wellpositioned to identify risks translate those risks into actionable needs and deploy skilled delivery teams to operationalize as needed.

• Technology Strategy and Architecture: Helps clients understand and improve how they use technology and how technology can enable them to meet their bigpicture strategies. The Technology Strategy and Architecture team works closely with all other technologyrelated practices at Protiviti because it provides overarching technology advisory and architecture design services and helps our clients leadership plan strategize.

Meaningful onboarding. Impactful training. Foundational learning. These experiences define Protivitis awardwinning internship an experience that builds upon your skills and knowledge and enables you to thrive professionally.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree: Bachelors or Masters degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Computer Science Data Science Decision Science Engineering Information Systems Information Technology Internet of Things Applied Math Machine Learning Quantum or other technology majors)
• Visa Status: All applicants applying for U.S. job openings need authorization to work in the United States for Protiviti without sponsorship now or in the future
• Graduation Status: Must be within one year of final graduation at the time of internship
• Technical Skills Desired of an entrylevel Technology Consulting Consultant:
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills and innovation to client engagements across various industries
• Specific skills below prepare you better for specific Technology Consulting segments:
  • Demonstrated ability and desire to research and analyze pertinent client industry and technical matters
  • Basic experience with any of the major Business Intelligence reporting tools such as Power BI BusinessObjects Hyperion Cognos Microstrategy Tableau QlikView or SSRS
  • Entrylevel experience with domain management strategies network segmentation firewalls and middleware tools
  • Introductory knowledge of internal control frameworks or knowledge of IT controls with particular experience to understand IT and Business risks related to SAP
  • Basic experience working within a Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Oracle TeraData or other major database management systems
  • Familiarity of technology project risks and strategies for managing and mitigating
  • Programming skills such as Python Java JavaScript etc. are preferred
  • Basic Knowledge of securityrelated topics such as authentication entitlements identity management data protection data leakage prevention validation checking encryption hashing principle of least privilege software attack methods and data storage
  • Fundamental knowledge of process reengineering and methodologies including flowcharting and technical design documentation
  • Ability to convey complex technical security concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences

WHAT MAKES YOU SUCCESSFUL

• Strong academic background
• Working in teams as well as independently
• Being creative and analytical
• Passionate about evaluating synthesizing organizing and interpreting data and information
• Possessing excellent leadership communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to selfmotivate and take responsibility for personal growth and development
• Desiring to learn and a receptiveness to feedback and mentoring
• Displaying an interest in technology or business operations
• Drive towards obtaining professional technical certifications

OUR HYBRID WORKPLACE

Protiviti practices a hybrid model which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to inperson requirements vary by client project team and other business factors. Our people work both inperson in local Protiviti offices and on client sites which can include local or outofstate travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments. Interns do not accrue company paid time off (Choice Time Off) and we expect that interns will be available to complete work in the designated location during business hours for the entire duration of the Internship.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Apply at www.protiviti/careers.

Note: Students may apply for only one location or solution. Duplicate applications will not be accepted. Applicants must be 18 years of age at the time of the internship to be considered.

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