Auto req 13072BR
Job Posting Title Grad Intern - IS
Career Category College Job
Employee Subgroup Seasonal FT
Country (State/Region) United States - California
Location (City) Thousand Oaks
Amgen Job Description Internship Summary:
Amgens Information System (IS) Department at our Thousand Oaks headquarters located along the southern California coast between Santa Monica and Santa Barbara (40 miles west of Los Angeles) is looking for Graduate students with outstanding academic records and demonstrated leadership capabilities interested in 10 12 week internship opportunities. An internship in Amgen's IS Department is a hands-on learning experience under the guidance of an IS Manager. Interns are matched to meaningful and challenging projects. Amgen's IS groups support over 19,000 users worldwide. Amgens internship program offers meaningful project experiences that impact patients lives, a collaborative team environment, competitive compensation, housing benefits (for eligible candidates), executive networking events, social networking events, community volunteer project opportunities, on-site fitness center and much more.
Internship Description:
There are two different opportunities within Amgens Information Systems Organization:
IS Programmer Analyst and IS Business Systems Analyst Grad Interns.
When applying please specify in your cover letter which one you are interested in.
IS Programmer Analyst Grad Intern:
Employs entry level programming, configuration and design techniques that ensure adherence to software development standards, performance efficiency, reliable and maintainable code, and self-documenting programs. This role will leverage a basic understanding of application development methodologies and techniques. Duties & Responsibilities include: drafting and updating detailed project plans for small projects or portions of larger projects. Assists in testing, debugging, maintaining, and documenting components of information systems applications. Gain an understanding of basic business processes and transforms them into programming logic. Follows standard policies and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
IS Business Systems Analyst Grad Intern:
Translates business needs into system requirements. This role will leverage the skills to clearly capture and articulate the client's processes, partner with the client to identify process improvement, and translate strategies into information solutions. Duties & Responsibilities include: Drafting and updating detailed project plans for small projects or portions of larger projects. Assists in testing, maintaining, and documenting components of information systems applications. Follows standard policies and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
Examples of possible internship projects include:
Mobile website development
Infrastructure and cloud automation work
Interactive visualization of data from multiple competitor pipeline databases
New direct-to-consumer email campaign deployment
Creation of a segregated manufacturing network DMZ
Microsoft SharePoint site design, development, and support
Amgen retains the right to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
As an EEO/AA M/F/V/D employer, Amgen values and encourages diversity in the workplace.
Basic Qualifications Basic Qualifications:
Must be in the process of earning a Masters or Ph.D. degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science (e.g., CS, CPE, SE), Engineering, or a other technical/scientific discipline
Must be graduating between December 2012 and Summer 2013;
Amgen requires that all individuals applying for an internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:
Must be 18 years or older;
Must be currently enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university as a full time student;
Must be in good academic standing within their majors and overall at their university;
Must be enrolled in school the fall season following the potential internship or co-op assignment;
Must not be employed at the time the internship starts;
Preferred Qualifications Preferred Qualifications:
1 or more years relevant work experience
Biotechnology, pharmaceutical or health care industry experience
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
Strong organizational, project management, detail oriented, analytical and quantitative skills
Demonstrated personal initiative, self-motivation, flexibility and adaptability
Ability to effectively operate independently, across functional lines, and with both internal and external customers
Coursework in one or more the following areas:
o Business Systems analysis, RUP, UML and other SDLC processes
o Application Development
o Database Modeling
o Web Design and Development
o IT Management
o Management of ASP environments (Application Service Provider)
o B2B Collaboration
o Coursework in Enterprise systems such as configuration and management of ERP, CRM systems
