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NOTE:

**IMPORTANT: Your application will not be considered without an essay**

Complete the online application and include a short essay either in the "resume" field (the resume and essay should be uploaded as one document) or uploaded as a cover letter on your profile. Essay topic is listed below (Please include within your essay, examples from personal experience, observation, research, and or scholarship. The essay should be succinct and be your original work. It should also reflect an excellent command of English grammar, style and syntax. Maximum length 200 words.): 

Please write a short essay on ONE of these three topics:

1. What does it mean to you to be effective in an environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion?
2. In what ways has diversity, equity and inclusion shown up in your commitment to service at the national, regional, local, and/or institutional levels?
3. In what ways have you integrated diversity, equity and inclusion as part of your professional and personal development? And how have these engagements informed your approach to being a better scholar and professional?

This internship program will begin Monday June 6^th and will end Friday, August 12^th. The pay is $16/hour and the position is expected to be full-time over those 10 weeks. This will be an onsite internship. 

About Emerging Professionals Summer Internship Program (EPSIP) at UMass Chan Medical School

The Emerging Professionals Summer Internship Program (EPSIP) is a paid internship experience for talented college students.  Individuals historically underrepresented in STEM, health science and medicine are strongly encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to students that identify from one of the following underrepresented groups in STEM, health science and medicine:  Black/African Americans, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islanders, individuals with a disability or the first in their family to attend college, are also strongly encourage to apply.

Participants in the EPSIP program benefit from:

• a 10 week, paid summer business internship at UMMS with an administrative focus
• the unique opportunity to be guided and mentored for the world of business in academic medicine
• a professional development series of lectures, networking, mentoring, resume and job search preparation, and more
• an opportunity to discover their passions and interests and discern which career path is best for you

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: 

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.

A Automation and Orchestration Internship position is available with an exciting opportunity to:

• Implement processes to automate and provision resources and provide IT services
• Produce solutions to enable operational efficiencies
• Produce a solution to enable the customer consumption of IT services

In a typical day and week, you will:

• Work with an agile team to complete tasks within a sprint
• Attend daily standup meetings as well as weekly brainstorming and planning sessions
• Access online resources and work with team members to assist in researching solutions

We are looking for an intern to help us continue move forward our automation and orchestration initiatives that will automate delivery of our systems and services to our customers. If you are a creative and innovative person looking for an opportunity to work with a team that is passionate about their products and customers, then apply now!

For more information, please visit: https://www.umassmed.edu/it/internship/. 

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

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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

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Under the direction of the assigned Supervisor and assistance of assigned Mentor

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PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience developing and maintaining proper technical and user documentation in a consistent and structured manner
• Experience in automation via Bash/shell scripting and Perl/Python programming and PowerShell
• Experience with automation and orchestration frameworks
• Experience with Cloud Technologies, Hypervisor Technologies and services
• Experience with Application hosting solutions including (IIS, Tomcat, Apache)
• Experience with Container Services
• Experience with serverless and microservice design including (AWS Lambda, SQS, SNS, Kinesis) 
• Solid interpersonal skills with ability to work well with people of all levels of information technology expertise and comfort in varied organizational relationships
• Ability to identify and learn emerging technologies

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Usual office or laboratory environment
• This is a paid temporary, non-benefitted role