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UMass Medical School’s Information Technology Innovation Internship program is designed to provide exceptional opportunities for talented students and to strengthen UMMS’ technology ecosystem through the innovative ideas and infectious energy of the interns. The IT Intern will get an opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic team of dedicated individuals committed to delivering forward thinking solutions with a focus on continuous improvement and advancing the health and well-being of the people in Massachusetts and the world through ground-breaking development in education, research and health care delivery.

It’s an exciting time to be at UMass Medical School!  U.S. News & World Report ranks UMass Medical School 12th in the country for primary care, and this internship will provide a unique opportunity to learn and gain valuable skills in an elite academic and research institution that is among the most affordable in the country.  

We are seeking a smart, curious and creative IT Database Architect Intern!  The candidate will bring together information and attributes from a multitude of sources into a central database/warehouse. The right candidate will review technology solutions such as mongodb and recommend a solution based on analysis performed as part of this internship. The end result will be to secure data, provide API(s) for other teams and engineers to utilize. As part of this internship you will create an app or web application utilizing the data. One example of a deliverable product would be a "Who's who/yellow pages" for the institution.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize innovative ideas and approaches to assist in the development of working models to serve the needs of our faculty, students and researchers
• Complete a project from start to finish and write-up and present the work product to the UMass community
• Participate in team projects
• Conduct online research
• Perform other duties as required

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a currently enrolled student in a higher education institution or recent graduate
• Solid analytical and communication skills
• Attention to detail with the ability to collect and record information from a wide variety of sources
• Must be reliable and able to set consistent work hours
• Proven interest in IT and passion in furthering the mission of UMMS
• Must have above average academic performance

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years demonstrated experience with multiple technology disciplines: including windows environment
• Experience with relational databases, SQL queries, Stored Procedures, Views, Functions, Triggers, ETL
• Experience with non-relational (NoSQL) databases. (MongoDB, RedShift, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
• Course work in: Database architecture, data modeling or administration; development; analysis or development life cycle
• Experience building and consuming web services
• Field of studies that may be interested in this internship would be data scientist, data architect or information architect
• Studied relational and non-relational database management systems,  SQL coding and Object Relational Mapping tools such as Entity Framework
• Studied modern development processes/tools and developing through the complete Software Development Life Cycle
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Excellent problem solving skills required

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• This is paid internship
• Duration: 3 months
• Hours: 20-40
• Transportation: Should have his/her own means of transportation
• Letter of Interest: Please provide 1 page summary on topic: “Why should I be chosen for this position”