Job opening: Information Technology Specialist (Student Trainee)
Salary: $20 per hour
Published at: Jan 29 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. We accomplish our mission by providing objective and reliable information and analysis to the Congress, to federal agencies, and to the public, and recommending improvements, when appropriate, on a wide variety of issues to make government work better.
This vacancy is for Summer internship positions. The anticipated start dates begin in May 2025.
Duties
This internship opportunity is located in the Office of Information Systems and Technology Services (ISTS)/ IT Management Division (IMD)/ Digital and Cloud Division (DCD)/ Information Security Division (ISD) / Software Factory Division (SDF)- works closely with stakeholders, including management, agency executives, and subject matter experts (SME), to develop views of the agency's strategy, information, processes, and IT assets. Team members lead strategic technological planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing technology initiatives in collaboration with other teams and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future technologies.
Qualifications
All qualification requirements must be met by the start of the internship.
To qualify for the GS-4 level, you MUST be enrolled in a Bachelor's degree seeking program, and meet one of the following criteria:
You must have completed 60 semester hours or 90 quarter credits of Bachelor's level education; or
You must possess an Associate's degree.
NOTE: You must be a current student enrolled in an undergraduate program seeking a degree from an accredited educational institution on a full or half-time basis. If at any point during the internship (and for any reason) your status as a student changes to that of a non-student, your internship will be terminated.
Education
All applicants must submit their academic transcripts in order to be eligible. The transcripts may be unofficial or official and must show your status as a student, as well as support your educational claim.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog
Contacts
- Address Government Accountability Office
Human Capital Office
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
US
- Name: Joycelyn Williams
- Email: williamsjr1@gao.gov
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