This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.
Research Title:
Information Technology administration automation using Powershell in an Office365 environment
The work will entail:
Turning existing manual processes in our Office365 environment into automated processes by creating interactive Powershell programs. The Powershell programs will capture inputs by either manual input or ingesting a spreadsheet and then will perform automated operations on our development Office365 environment.
Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Writing Powershell scripts that will be deployed in our Office365 development environment
- Collecting user feedback from information technology professionals
- Developing automated pipelines based on synthesizing existing manual processes
- Learning fundamental concepts of standard information technology security practices, to include pursuing relevant certifications and training
- Documenting code and writing code to improve its reusability
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Interest in the fields of computer science and information technology.
- Familiarity with PowerShell.
- An understanding of information technology security practices.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.