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NYS Office of Information Technology Services · 2 days ago

Student Assistant Internship (Chief AI Office) NYC, Ref# 10179

Albany, NY

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$23/hr - $26/hr

NYS Office of Information Technology Services is seeking a Student Assistant Intern within the Chief Artificial Intelligence Office. The role involves assisting in the development of AI solutions through data science and natural language processing, while collaborating with various IT professionals and state agencies.

Cyber SecurityGovernmentInformation TechnologyIT Infrastructure

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and implement machine learning models and AI algorithms

Maintain updated knowledge on the latest AI trends and technologies

Adopt AI technology to perform named entity recognition (NER) and sentiment analysis tasks using relevant software

Collaborate with data engineers, software developers, and other IT professionals to ensure proper implementation of AI models

Coordinate with various state agencies to craft data science solutions as needed

Perform regular testing and debugging of AI systems to ensure optimal performance

Identify opportunities to leverage AI technology to improve business processes

Record and maintain proper code and documentation on ITS processes, policies, application configuration and help related materials

Conform to ITS policies, technical and security standards

Qualification

Machine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPythonData ManipulationAI AlgorithmsSentiment AnalysisEntity RecognitionTestingDebuggingCollaborationDocumentation

Required

Must be a US citizen or foreign national eligible to work in the United States

Must be 18 years of age or older

Must be currently attending a New York State college, university or graduate program, or be a resident of New York State attending a college, university or graduate program outside of New York State

Must have completed a minimum of one (1) year as a student at a degree-granting two or four-year college or university (completion of one year's worth of academic credits over a more extended period of time may qualify part-time students) OR currently enrolled graduate student or accepted in a graduate degree program

Must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or equivalent to a C

Preferred

Strong interest in AI

Previous coursework or projects related to AI or natural language processing

Experience with Python or R for scripting and data manipulation

Exposure to NLP packages and software such as SpaCy, PyTorch or NLTK are a plus

Benefits

Generous benefits package, worth 65% of salary, including:

Thirteen (13) paid holidays annually

Up to Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave annually

Up to Five (5) days of paid personal leave annually

Up to Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave annually for PEF/CSEA

Up to Eight (8) days of paid sick leave annually for M/C

Up to three (3) days of professional leave annually to participate in professional development

Up to 50% telecommuting

Eligible employees and dependents can pick from a variety of affordable health insurance programs

Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost

New York State Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) Membership

NYS Deferred Compensation

Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, as well as U.S. Savings Bonds

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

And many more.

Company

NYS Office of Information Technology Services

New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) is transforming how State government delivers services to New Yorkers and local governments.

Founded in 2012