Name: Abhishek Mahindrakar

Internship, Co-op or Research Site: Equifax

Position Title: DevOps Automation Intern

Major(s)/Minor(s): Information Systems, Master’s Student

Work Term: Summer 2019 

Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.

I joined Equifax as DevOps Automation Intern and my daily responsibilities were working on tools like Jenkins, Tableau, Hygieia, and ELK stack. On a day-to-day basis, I was given the task of creating automation scripts and orchestrating tasks on Jenkins. Then, I was responsible for visualizing the results of all the jobs on dashboards like Tableau, Hygieia or Kibana. My job role also included creating scripts in Groovy and Python to draw data from servers and publish it on Jenkins which can be further published onto ELK stack for visualizations. This internship gave me great exposure to a lot of tools and technologies which not only helped me build my knowledge of all the latest tools being used in the professional world but will also help me better my resume for future endeavors. 

Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?

I applied online for the internship position at Equifax and received a call from HR to set up a technical interview. There were two rounds of technical interviews which were set up on Zoom. A week after the final round, I received an email from HR that they had concluded the process and hired me for the internship position. The process was very smooth and in less than 3 weeks I received the offer letter.

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization? 

I got great exposure to a lot of tools and also a great experience working in a professional environment. 

How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?

Equifax is a credit bureau and it works on customer records and their credit history. I was a part of the CI/CD team which is the continuous integration and continuous deployment team. Various teams work on various tools like Nexus, Rundeck, Sonar, etc. Our job was to combine all these tools for different teams and create a common platform where all the teams could collaborate their work and create results as an alliance which would help the people higher in hierarchy to analyze and view results. 

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience? 

My advice would be to stick to your domain and field of interest. Get an internship in the field similar to your interest and build your profile accordingly. Also, connect with as many people as possible to increase your contacts and know your company better. Additionally, the Career Center was of great help initially in creating my resume for open internship positions. Career events and the “Intern Like a Pro” practicum that is organized by Career Center were of great help to track my internship development.

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DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis Internship Program

Apply for an internship, earn a paycheck and learn the skills you need for an
exciting career in intelligence!

WHAT'S NEEDED

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) leads DHS in the business of intelligence. We offer undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to hone their skills to prepare for careers as intelligence professionals. We need students in the following areas:
• Intelligence Analysis: Includes analysis of issues related to terrorism, cybersecurity, border security, transnational crimes and counterintelligence.
• Intelligence Operations: Includes open source collection, document and media exploitation, counterintelligence operations and coordination of information sharing activities.
• Mission Readiness: Includes budget and finance, human resources, program management, security, strategic planning and policy development.
• Information Technology and Data Science: Includes information assurance/IT security, IT engineering, data science and visualization, and programming
and development.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

All applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Be a current degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited university. Must have at least one academic year of study after an I&A internship. Rising seniors are eligible to apply if they will be going directly on to graduate school.
• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Be 16 years old or older.

HOW TO APPLY

DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis will be accepting applications for the Summer 2020 internship program through the September 4 Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair. Interested students should upload a PDF with a resume, unofficial resume through spring 2019 and proof of fall 2019 enrollment to their registration. Registration and full fair details at ICVirtualFair.com

Questions?

Contact IA-InternshipProgram@hq.dhs.gov for more information

Visit us at DHS.gov/Office-Intelligence-and-Analysis

This position has both full-time and part-time opportunities available.

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Opportunity:

Better Engineering is searching for a part-time or full-time Electrical Controls Engineer to support machine control design for industrial machinery. We are flexible with hours to work around class schedules. Start date is flexible; willing to onboard a candidate ASAP. Candidates must hold teamwork and leadership paramount, and exemplify a strong work ethic.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

- Design HMI & PLC programs (primarily on Allen Bradley platforms)

- Schematic & control panel design (AutoCAD & Solidworks)

- Component selection & programming

- Startup, test, & troubleshoot industrial machines

- Review customer specifications

- Create design documentation

Qualifications:

- Currently pursuing a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

- Experience in PLC programming preferred

- Experience in automation & robotics preferred

- Working knowledge of electrical schematics, electrical distribution, and communication networks

Benefits:

- Convenient location

- Family-owned atmosphere

Apply via UMBCworks : Search for Job ID #9309201