Harford Mutual, a growing, dynamic, community partner located in Bel Air in Harford County, Maryland, has an opportunity for a committed and collaborative employee with a positive and contributory attitude to join our team. Founded in 1842 on the principles of mutual success for our business clients, our agents, and our company, we invite our employees to continue that tradition with respect, integrity, exemplary service, and personal responsibility.

Harford Mutual is seeking IT Interns to support the Information Technology Team during this coming summer. This position is for individuals currently enrolled in an accredited college or university, pursuing career opportunities in Information Technology (IT). The IT intern may take on one or more roles including application development, support, business requirement analysis and specification, and testing. The IT Intern will be assigned to an IT team and will have an opportunity to gain experience with professional software development processes and practices, and will have a hands-on role in the teams project and/or support activities.

Essential Duties

• Complete development tasks in development languages to address defects and deploy fixes
• Prepare test plans
• Execute test cases to ensure solution is working as expected, capture results, identify and communicate issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members
• Track and communicate relevant quality assurance metrics and information
• Identify opportunities to automate QA processes and leverage tools and methodologies to improve testing practices
• Offer suggestions to simplify and streamline applications
• Contribute and complete development assignments associated to project work as needed
• Review applications and provide perspective on ease-of-use
• Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned by a supervisor.

Educational/Training Requirement:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university information technology related field of study such as computer science, information science, computer engineering, software engineering preferred

Experience:

• None required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of System Development lifecycle methodologies including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of database structure, schema design, and application development concepts.
• Strong collaborating skills, and an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with frequent deadlines; high energy, self-motivated and proactive

Key Benefits Gained from the Internship:

• Coached and mentored by Harford Mutual leadership.
• Acquire relevant development experience.
• Gain technical foundation and acquire leadership skills, along with cross-functional process knowledge.
• Work on tasks that have a measurable impact on our business.
• Potential leadership growth.

The Harford Mutual Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.