Company Name: AbbVie
Category: Computer Science, DevOps
Status: Undergraduate Hourly
Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year
35 – 40 during summer semester
Contact Email: Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com
Who We Are:
AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world's most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries.
The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science.
Position Description:
The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who are able to work in parallel to their school schedule. Major duties include:
- Working on DevOps implementation, automation, and configuration projects that will be utilized throughout the company
- Developing small programs and components that will be used to solve problems in the R&D area
- Researching existing tools and best practices for DevOps
Qualifications:
- Must be registered as a full-time student
- Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
- Undergraduate and Graduate students
- Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent
- Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship
- 10 - 15 hours/week during the academic year
- 35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester
- Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details
- Willingness to learn DevOps and develop automation and configuration scripts
Preferred Skills:
- Proficiency in a programming language (Python, Java, C++, etc.)
- JavaScript/JQuery/SQL
- Git/GitHub
- Web development
- Familiarity with databases
Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible summer 2019 with an option to continue through the 2019-2020 academic year.
To apply: Submit your resume to Masha Trenhaile at Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com
Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com