At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.
Our Business
Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2023 and certification as a Great Place to Work® in 2023.
Working at Selective
At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely – we employ uniqueness. Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs. Employees receive comprehensive total rewards packages - including competitive compensation and performance awards, health benefits, and retirement savings - and professional development opportunities and flexible schedules to support their health, wealth, and well-being.
Join our team and help make a difference.
Job Description
Information Technology department is seeking motivated, self-directed individuals to intern in the Glastonbury, CT, Branchville, NJ and Charlotte, NC offices. Positions are available in Application Delivery, Infrastructure, and Security. As a summer intern, you will work directly with experienced professionals to gain hands-on, relevant experience. Please note, this is a hybrid position, therefore, applicants must be within commuting distance of one of our locations.
IT Application Delivery
The IT Application Delivery department delivers quality, cost-effective and flexible application solutions that meet business needs. This includes: Application architecture, development, enhancements, operations, production support and quality assurance. As well as ensuring adherence to IT management and technical standards, patterns and best practices.
This position requires some basic knowledge of general programming activities in one or more current market languages. You’ll also need to have an interest in learning and analyzing business process as well as the ability to break down work items into smaller units for planning and execution purposes. Good communication and collaboration skills are mandatory. It is expected this position will provide support for production applications and/or development on enhancements.
IT - INFRASTRUCTURE
IT Infrastructure provides cost-effective support to the current operational needs of the business and is readily adaptable to meet future needs. Areas of business includes: Tools & Monitoring services, End-user compute engineering services (EUC), Database engineering services, Storage engineering services, Service delivery management (SDM), and Mainframe engineering services.
Tasks include:
IT SECURITY
This area of IT manages Selective’s Information Security/Cybersecurity tools and systems. This position requires active management and monitoring of these tools, ongoing assessment of compliance with policies and standards, plus a wide variety of tasks related to Cybersecurity and data protection.
Job Qualifications
Interns are paid hourly and compensation starts at $19.00 per hour.
Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual’s unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences – and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.
Selective maintains a drug-free workplace.
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