Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is the largest health insurer in the mid-Atlantic region, serving over three million members in Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia. They are offering an internship opportunity for students to gain a thorough understanding of the software development life cycle within the healthcare sector. Interns will develop and test applications, analyze specifications, and support testing efforts under the guidance of a manager.

Responsibilities

• Obtain a working knowledge of CareFirst HealthCare processes
• Develop and test UI applications and ad hoc reports, identifying and resolving problems as they arise
• Analyze and translate Healthcare functional specifications and change requests into test cases
• Support all testing efforts (integration, functional, system, performance, UAT, etc) by attending weekly testing meetings, reviewing all defects, and fixing such defects as assigned
• If needed, participate in production support and monitoring activities for deployed applications
• Expand technical and business knowledge appropriate to team and section through reading, research, on-the-job training and classroom training
• Research emerging Gen AI technologies and recommend improvements

Skills

• Must be a student enrolled in an accredited college or university either junior or senior with a current GPA of 3.25 or above
• Majors include: Information Systems, Health Information Technology, Computer-Science or related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills organized and detail-oriented
• Experience using Microsoft Office Products
• Exposure to Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Analysis preferred but not required
• SQL
• Snowflake
• Java or Python
• Shell scripting
• REST, HTTP/SOAP
• GENAI / Agentic AI
• Cloud & Platforms such as AWS/Azure/GCP

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