IT Intern

City Rochester

State MN

Remote NO

Department Information Technology

Why Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and  comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.

Benefits Highlights

• Medical: Multiple plan options.
• Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
• Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

Responsibilities

Mayo Clinic is expanding enterprise AI capabilities that support how employees collaborate, create, develop, and work across the organization. The Collaboration Tools team within Infrastructure helps operationalize and support enterprise platforms and AI-assisted workplace technologies, including capabilities such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and other approved AI tools and integrations .

The AI Collaboration Tools & Operational Engineering Intern will work alongside infrastructure and collaboration technology engineers to help operate, test, document, and improve these services in a large enterprise environment.

This is a 90-day learning-focused internship designed for students interested in infrastructure, cloud technologies, enterprise platforms, automation, AI, or operational engineering. Professional engineering experience is not required.

What You'll Do

Working with the Collaboration Tools team, you may:

• Assist with the operational engineering and support of enterprise AI and collaboration technologies.
• Help test and validate new AI platform capabilities, configurations, integrations, connectors, and feature releases before broader use.
• Evaluate how tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and other approved AI services interact with enterprise collaboration and technology environments.
• Assist engineers with configuration validation, troubleshooting, testing, and operational readiness activities.
• Help develop repeatable test plans, validation procedures, operational runbooks, and support documentation .
• Assist with investigating incidents, user-reported issues, integration failures, and unexpected platform behavior.
• Help organize and analyze service usage, operational metrics, support trends, and feedback.
• Participate in release and change-management activities for enterprise AI capabilities.
• Explore opportunities to use scripting, automation, and AI assistance to improve repetitive operational engineering tasks.
• Help validate authentication, permissions, connectors, integrations, and service configurations in controlled environments.
• Assist with documenting service dependencies, configurations, known issues, escalation paths, and operational procedures.
• Work with Infrastructure and other Mayo Clinic technology teams to understand how enterprise services are operated at scale.

Basic Skills

We are looking for students with technical curiosity and a willingness to learn. Helpful foundational skills include:

• Basic understanding of computers, networks, cloud services, or enterprise technology.
• Introductory programming or scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, or similar technologies .
• Basic familiarity with Git and GitHub .
• Interest in AI technologies such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and GitHub Copilot .
• Basic understanding of APIs, authentication, permissions, or system integrations is helpful.
• Interest in infrastructure, cloud engineering, platform engineering, site reliability, automation, or IT operations.
• Ability to systematically test technology and document results.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers and other technology teams.

What You'll Learn

During the 90-day experience, interns will gain exposure to:

• Enterprise infrastructure and collaboration platforms.
• Operational engineering and service management.
• Enterprise AI platforms and integrations.
• APIs, connectors, identity, permissions, and system integrations.
• Testing and operational readiness.
• Incident and problem investigation.
• Change and release processes.
• Monitoring and service health.
• Automation and scripting.
• Operating emerging technology in a complex healthcare enterprise.

Example 90-Day Experience

Days 1–30 — Learn & Observe

Learn the Collaboration Tools environment, operational engineering practices, enterprise AI platforms, support processes, and the technologies used to operate these services.

Days 31–60 — Test & Engineer

Participate in structured testing, configuration validation, troubleshooting, documentation, and small automation or operational improvement activities alongside team engineers.

Days 61–90 — Own a Defined Deliverable

Complete a scoped operational engineering project such as an automated validation, platform test framework, operational dashboard, runbook improvement, integration assessment, or AI-enabled operational workflow. Present results and recommendations to the team.

This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship/ we will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position. Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.

Qualifications

The incumbent must be enrolled in a bachelors, masters or graduate degree program from a college or university. Typically, this internship would occur after the student has taken most of the courses required by the degree program.
Where applicable - the degree program must require an internship as a graduation requirement (or offer as a credit option).

Exemption Status

Nonexempt

Compensation Detail

This position has a predetermined rate of $25.00 per hour.

Benefits Eligible

No

Schedule

Full Time

Hours/Pay Period

80

Schedule Details

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm This is a hybrid position and must be located within 100 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus for occasional on-site expectations based on business needs.

International Assignment

No

Site Description

Just as our reputation has spread beyond our Minnesota roots, so have our locations. Today, our employees are located at our three major campuses in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, Rochester, Minnesota, and at Mayo Clinic Health System campuses throughout Midwestern communities, and at our international locations. Each Mayo Clinic location is a special place where our employees thrive in both their work and personal lives.  Learn more about what each unique Mayo Clinic campus has to offer, and where your best fit is.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Learn more about the "EOE is the Law" .  Mayo Clinic participates in  E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Recruiter

Shelly Weir