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Per Scholas · 2 days ago

Instructional Assistant (Cloud Systems Engineering)

Jeffersonville, OH

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$18/hr - $18/hr

Per Scholas is on a mission to drive mobility and opportunity in technology through rigorous tech training. The Instructional Assistant will support the Technical Instructor in training learners for entry to mid-level IT roles, facilitating hands-on learning and managing learner performance.

Information Technology & Services

Responsibilities

Assist the Technical Instructor in conducting technical training to prepare learners for entry to mid-level Information Technology jobs

Assist classroom facilitation in a highly interactive, hands-on style

Form and lead study groups using the instructor's evaluations

Consult with the instructor to determine the activities for the present and upcoming days

Understand the curriculum and be prepared to conduct a lesson if the instructor needs to be out of the classroom

Ensure that all equipment loaned to or used by the learners is returned to the instructor, the storage closet, or the person from whom it was borrowed

Utilize an in-house Learning Management System for assignments, tests, real-time performance monitoring, and assisting in entering learner attendance/grades/scorecards

Provide learners with ongoing feedback, recognize any challenges early, and work with the instructor and/or coaches and learners to overcome them

Coordinate closely with learners’ instructors and career coaches on enforcing program rules and promoting learner success

Implement individualized study plans for learners who are struggling in the class

Participate in all required learner progress meetings with other members of the team

Monitor and enforce learner class attendance, dress code, and other program policies

Participate in staff meetings

Conduct real-time learner data entry in Salesforce and/or Canvas

Qualification

APIs & IntegrationDatabasesVersion ControlAWS (foundational)CI/CD & QualityContainers (foundational)Infrastructure as CodeDelivery PracticesTeam Skills & Teaching SupportPassion for TeachingEffective CommunicationTime Management

Required

Able to consume and test RESTful CRUD endpoints with Postman; read basic OpenAPI docs; extend or fix simple endpoints under guidance

Comfortable with SQL basics (SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE, simple joins) and writing queries from a schema; familiarity with MongoDB concepts

Daily Git/GitHub use (clone, branch, commit, PR); resolve simple merge conflicts; follow team workflows

Run/monitor GitHub Actions or Jenkins pipelines; read logs to spot failing steps; basic unit-test execution and coverage awareness

Navigate AWS console; basic familiarity with IAM users/roles, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC basics; follow a runbook to deploy/update a simple app; cost awareness at a high level

Build/run Docker locally; understand images vs. containers; use Docker in CI as instructed

Can read and make small, safe edits to Terraform or CloudFormation under review (e.g., instance size, tags)

Understand Agile/Scrum rituals; write/refine user stories; communicate trade-offs in plain language

Proactive collaborator; comfortable facilitating labs, debugging with learners, documenting steps, and escalating issues appropriately

You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced startup environment with people who are passionate about their work and mission

You are data-driven, result-oriented, and a forward-looking catalyst for social change

You have a collaborative and flexible work style. You're excited to work cross-functionally with other departments and independently

You are an effective communicator with strong oral and written skills

You are tech-savvy and can learn quickly

You are strong at time management and can balance multiple projects and tasks

You stand behind our mission, believing that individuals from any community should have access to well-paying career positions and that talent should be recognized and recruited from diverse sources

You have a passion for teaching others

You have an interest in being part of a culture of continuous improvement

Company

Per Scholas

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Per Scholas is proud to celebrate 30 years of fostering economic mobility by giving individuals from diverse backgrounds access to high-growth tech careers.

Founded in 1995