Agile Methods Management Intern

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

We are seeking Part-time Agile Methods Management Interns to join our Cloud Technology Advancement Department team of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State.   We are seeking broad thinkers with the experience to drive highly technical and strategic discussions that support Cloud Technology Advancement and Technology Adoption research for the DoD, 4th estate, and IC communities.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

An in progress Bachelor's degree or advanced level degree in technology, engineering or Science disciplines required.

The successful candidate will work up to 20 hours/week during the fall and spring semesters and 40 hours/week over the summer.

You will:

• Assist in editing and creating supporting documentation related to Agile solution development activities
• Assist with research and documentation of outcomes of the OEM and Vendor interactions with the solutions architecture team
• Research and visually map processes and procedures used in the Agile Value stream of solutions development team
• Support research and visual map

Required experience areas include:

• Broad knowledge of management technologies and solutions, Cloud, DevSecOps, and the ability to leverage that knowledge in solution implementation projects

• Technical experience and or certifications with Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Azure, AWS)
• Experience in business visualization tools e.g. Microsoft office suite of software including PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI and others
• Ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Azure, AWS)
• The ability to dynamically prioritize tasks using an agile system (e.g. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban)
• Highly motivated and internally motivated agile team member
• Interpersonal skills under pressure
• Organized with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance
• Willingness to obtain Agile management certification / training, (e.g. SAFe, PMI-ACP, PMP)

Preferred experience areas include:

• Ability to identify and research disparate teams of OEMs, Value Added Resellers, Vendors, and sponsor directed contractors in an agile manner
• Experience with researching and documenting methods and processes for business, systems, or software efforts in a DoD, 4th estate, or IC context
• Proficiency with financial management systems e.g. Propricer, SAP Concur
• Knowledge of Cloud Native Platform management e.g. CNCF, Docker, Kubernetes, and micro services architecture
• Managing solution success, source code, dependencies, and artifacts with and agile lifecycle management tool (e.g. Atlassian, Gitlab)
• Understanding of security concepts, such as Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes
• Legacy Platform management methods and processes e.g. WSUS, YUM, SCCM
• Knowledge of Software Development experience in Python, Java, C
• Knowledge of Cloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking, Ingress, Egress, Service Meshes)
• Ability to bridge OEM, Internal, and Sponsor process impediments under pressure
• Ability to take responsibility and accountability of team outcomes
• Solution & Systems architecture design, discovery, and validation
• Scaled Agile Team leadership of geographical dispersed teams and value streams
• US Military Veterans & US Military Reservists
• Willingness to obtain an active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Willingness to obtain minimum DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline Certification (e.g. Security+ce, GSEC, SSCP) and DoD 8570 IAT II ‘Computing Environment’ training or certification (CNCF, AWS, o365, Azure, Rancher, GitLab, Puppet, Atlassian etc.) within 6 months of hire

This is a paid internship that requires onsite support in a classified environment located in State College, PA. Relocation and housing are not provided. Travel to sponsor locations may be required.

You will be subject to a government security investigation. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our web site at www.arl.psu.edu.

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