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Position Summary

As a DevOps Engineer Intern at Delta Dental of Missouri (DDMO), you will have the opportunity to work closely with our experienced engineering team to gain hands-on experience in the fields of DevOps and Azure cloud environments. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products while also contributing to the continuous improvement of our development and deployment processes.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with full stack engineers to design, implement, and maintain automated testing frameworks for both frontend and backend systems.

• Participate in the development and execution of test plans and test cases to verify the functionality, usability, and performance of our software applications.

• Assist in the setup and maintenance of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes for application and infrastructure. 

• Evaluate and integrate AI-powered DevOps tools to enhance pipeline intelligence, including automated anomaly detection, predictive incident response, and AI-assisted code review or test generation within Azure DevOps workflows. 

• Contribute to the monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization of our production systems to ensure high availability and reliability.

• Work with cross-functional teams to identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices for software development, testing, and deployment.

• Adhere to and support Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes, ensuring proposed changes meet established standards prior to implementation. 

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, tools, and trends in DevOps and Quality Assurance to drive innovation and efficiency within the organization. 

• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation. 

• Run agile scrum meetings when needed.  

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree or a recent graduate in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Familiarity with software development methodologies such as Agile or Scrum, DevOps methodologies. 

• Basic understanding of programming/scripting languages such as Python, C#, Java, or JavaScript.

• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira).

• Familiarity with AI/ML operationalization (MLOps) concepts and AI model deployments.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

• Prior experience with DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes) and QA automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium) is a plus.

• Demonstrated commitment to the company’s core values of integrity, adaptability, service-focused, accountability, curiosity, and community.

Work Conditions

General office working conditions which may require sitting for extended periods of time.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Specific vision abilities require the ability to focus distant and near objects clearly.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands and arms to handle, feel and reach as well as operate a personal computer.

Disclaimer

This job description is designed to provide a general overview of the requirements of the job and does not entail a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that will be required. The organization reserves the right to modify this job description at any time; including assigning or reassigning job duties.