IT Intern
About Benefitfocus:
Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT) is a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions for consumers, employers, insurance carriers and brokers. Benefitfocus has served numerous consumers on its platform that consists of an integrated portfolio of products and services enabling clients to more efficiently shop, enroll, manage and exchange benefits information. With a user-friendly interface and consumer-centric design, the Benefitfocus Platform provides one place for consumers to access all their benefits. Benefitfocus solutions support the administration of all types of benefits including core medical, dental and other voluntary benefits plans as well as wellness programs.
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Support the IT team in maintaining hardware, software, and other systems
- Assist with troubleshooting issues and provide technical support
- Organize and maintain IT resources
- Lend IT support in areas such as cybersecurity, programming, analytics, and data center management
- Have the opportunity to lead a real project. Sample project ideas:
- Agile
- Help us continue our evolution to the agile methodology by setting up an Agile guild or helping lead some key agile ceremonies like retrospectives or sprint planning
- Security
- Help us continue to push forward on the security front by leading security simulations, threat hunting, or solutioning our remediation efforts
- Cloud
- Pick one of our on-prem solutions and lead the cloud migration for that component
- Finance
- We have a large cost savings opportunity by doing analysis of our existing Saas solution providers to find duplication and over provisioning.
- Agile
Experience and Skills:
- Computer Science, Information Technology, or Management Information Systems major
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Familiar with Powershell, Python, .NET, PowerBI and Microsoft Office Suite
- Conceptual understanding of network topologies and protocols, servers and cloud technologies and architectures
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work well in teams
- Strong work ethic and attention to detail