STUDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

State of Rhode Island - Providence, RI

- Intern

Providence, RI

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

IT Intern students receive hands-on training providing them to enhance fundamentals learned in the classroom. Through this program, they are offered a multi-faceted and challenging opportunity for growth. Interns actively assume significant tasks and are responsible for important aspects of IT work; and to do related work as required. Duties are assigned individually in detail; work is closely supervised. Usually none.

Responsibilities

• Writing and maintaining Oracle Reports & Forms
• Debugging code and assisting in supporting 8 modules of the ERP system
• Developing and supporting various custom & COTS systems
• Developing and maintaining department-wide intranet & public-facing online systems
• Supporting an NT environment and 700+ computers
• Performing PC/Server installs and adding/updating user accounts utilizing Active Directory
• Assisting in Outlook Exchange and software installs
• Creating maps using ArcGIS software and analyzing geographic relationships among varying types of data
• Assisting with creating, composing, modifying and editing GIS spatial and attribute data
• Preparing software programs to support GIS applications and maintaining records of completed assignments
• Creating and editing metadata.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled full-time in an accredited college/university
• Second year students preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio
• Programming knowledge of ASP.NET, C#, Java, HTML, XML, AJAX, and TSQL
• Programming knowledge of Oracle SQL, PL/SQL
• Knowledge of GIS or CAD Software
• Database skills preferably in SQL Server/Oracle
• Hardware & Software Installation & Support
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to collect and analyze data with attention to detail
• Ability to produce professional written reports.

Nice-to-haves

• Students majoring in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Software Engineering, or Geography or related concentration program are given initial placement preference
• A student's academic standing and GPA are judged for placement preference.