Drexel Co-op: Software Vulnerability Analyst - NBME
Philadelphia, PA
About the Job
NBME is proud to partner with Drexel University and give students the opportunity to utilize the skills they have learned in the classroom and leverage them in an educational setting.
The NBME IT Infrastructure Support team manages services that proactively identify, plan, and deliver standard processes and solutions to reduce NBME's IT risk and improve the reliability, availability, and serviceability of all Infrastructure Services.
This position offers realistic experience to students interested in working in the field of technology. The six-month internship is designed to develop an individual's IT skills that are aligned with their personal career-development interests. The program manager will work with the student to determine the best area of focus prior to starting. In addition to their daily responsibilities, co-ops will have the opportunity to participate in an innovative project to solve a real-world challenge that affects the business.
Within NBME IT Infrastructure Support, opportunities for co-ops exist for exposure to a broad range of IT disciplines including but not limited to:
- Vulnerability Management
- Lifecycle Management
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure Services
- Service Management
- Data Analysis and Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Systems Architecture
- Business or Systems Analysis
- Project Management
- Quality Assurance
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a student at Drexel University, enrolled in the following majors
- Information Science & Technology
- Computing and Security Technology
- Management Information Systems
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Mathematics
- Computer Engineering
About NBME:
NBME offers a versatile selection of high-quality assessments and educational services for students, professionals, educators, regulators and institutions dedicated to the evolving needs of medical education and health care. To ensure our assessments meet the highest standards of quality, stay relevant and align to the current curriculum in medical schools and training programs, we rely on a wide network of collaborators. These include the volunteers who help develop our exam questions, the committees and panels who represent various groups within the medical education community, external researchers and health profession organizations.
We are committed to meeting the needs of educators and learners globally with assessment products and expert services such as NBME® Subject Examinations, Customized Assessment Services, Self-Assessments, the International Foundations of Medicine® Program and Item Writing Workshops. Together with the Federation of State Medical Boards, NBME develops and manages the United States Medical Licensing Examination®, which measures the ability to apply knowledge and skills that form the basis of safe and effective patient care. Our Competency-based Assessment unit is focused on new methods as well as the optimization of assessment in the workplace and education.
As a result of leadership in ongoing research, innovative measurement practices and the exploration of forward-thinking assessment modalities and improvements, NBME advances assessment science. Our grant and funding opportunities further support this dedication to medical education and assessment science. We help develop the next generation of assessment professionals through our Summer Psychometric Internship Program. Through the Stemmler Fund, Strategic Educators Enhancement Fund and Latin America Grants Program, researchers and educators can continue to improve the assessment of health care professionals around the world.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
At NBME, we continue to innovate and improve how we fulfill the evolving needs of the health care community. This commitment starts and ends with the people at NBME. By recruiting and empowering talented individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds, which includes professionals with diverse life experiences, abilities, and perspectives, NBME can take a well-informed, robust approach to advancing medical education and assessment for years to come. We also continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, workplace culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community, and the broader medical education landscape.