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Open Date 10/15/2026 Requisition Number PRN17534N Job Title Program Assistants Working Title Intern Career Progression Track S00 Track Level S1 - Entry Level Support FLSA Code Nonexempt Patient Sensitive Job Code? No Type Non Benefited Staff / Student Temporary? No Standard Hours per Week 19 Full Time or Part Time? Part Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary
Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm
Is this a work study job? VP Area Academic Affairs Department 00640 - CHPC Ctr for High Perform Computing Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range $17/hour Close Date 01/13/2027 Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time) Job Summary
The Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is seeking to fill part-time positions that support CHPC’s mission to enable research and innovation through advanced computing infrastructure, technical services, and user support at the University of Utah. Program participants will receive hands-on experience in a professional technical environment. Positions are structured to provide meaningful project work, defined learning or professional development objectives, and supervised access to CHPC systems appropriate to the role.
The Center for High Performance Computing is looking for a student intern to work with a team of students and full-time employees to use AI and Large Language Models to look at web content, network content, and configuration content in order to provide feedback.
The student will be learning about monitoring protocols such as SNMP, sFlow, NetFlow, IPFIX. The student will also use tools such as traceroute, perfSONAR, pScheduler, and mLabs NDT. The student will utilize this knowledge to develop instrumentation and visualization of different systems that comprise a typical datacenter. The student will also learn about containers and automated provisioning.
The student will need to demonstrate basic programming skills and scripting skills. The student should be able to work tightly in a team environment.
The student will be working in a team environment with individual responsibilities. The student must be able to both work alone and work in a team. The student must be able to communicate well with others, both written and verbally. Part of the responsibilities will be to document work, document code, and document aspects of a datacenter.
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Program Assistant, I: Requires little to no related experience.
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