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Overview:
Location
The Role
What you’ll be doing
What you’ll learn
Requirements
WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING
We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. This is who we are at our best. One Company. One Team.
AMD together we advance_
Responsibilities:
Location
ONSITE: This is an on-site role as the hiring team will require the student to work in the Markham office throughout the entire duration of the co-op work term. COVID-19 protocols are being strictly followed.
Program Term
- This role is a 12-month position
- May 1, 2023 – April 26, 2024
About the Department
The Software Program Management and Operations team (SW PMO) supports AMD Radeon Technology Group’s software engineering organization in the on-time delivery of software that supports AMD’s products and new technologies. SW PMO team is responsible for defining, promoting, and maintaining project management standards and best practices in the software organization. SW PMO Team provides guidance, and offers tools, techniques and reports to enable SW Program Managers to effectively plan, execute, and track programs in accordance with the software development lifecycle.
The Role
This role will support the SW PMO team define and execute process improvement and build tool solutions to support the SW Program Management Community. This role will implement tool solutions based on SW PMO requirements to:
- Enhance functionality for the enterprise-wide issue management tool, JIRA
- Assist with UI Customizations of collaboration tools, Confluence
- Develop new features for Phase Gate management Tool
- Build reports that drive actions or compliance to process
The role will also help the SW PMO support continuous process improvement efforts by documenting newly defined processes, creating workflows, transcribing existing documentation. The role will help enforce the usage of the processes and tools as well as in other facets of SW PMO team as required.
What you’ll be doing
- Assist with UI and functionality customization of Confluence macros and internal Phase Gate tool and database; participate in testing of functionality for upgrades of these tools
- Optimize process workflows and identify risks to meeting user requests
- Collaborate on requirements definition, problem resolution, team decisions, and project planning
- Execute all responsibilities in a timely manner, with integrity and a strong work ethic
- Follow up with Program Managers on compliance with processes and tools
- Onboard schedules in MS Project Server for Program Managers
- Support Program Managers with troubleshooting issues with Confluence, JIRA, Phase Gate Tool and Microsoft Project Server
- Communicate with all stakeholders clearly and concisely
- Learn new areas independently and without formal training
What you’ll learn
- Working with latest technologies including Atlassian, Jira and confluence customizations and plugins, Microsoft Project Server
- Visibility into project and program management methodologies, software engineering practices and processes
- Exposure to organizational and teamwork/behaviour, effective collaboration and communication
- Opportunities to participate in AMD learning and team events
Requirements
Technical:
- Students with a focus in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Computer Science preferred
- Experience with Web UI design (HTML, CSS, CSS Extensions)
- Demonstrated experience with one or more scripting languages, such as Groovy, Perl, or Python.
- Demonstrated experience with JavaScript, jQuery and JSON format, Django framework
- Demonstrated experience in OOD and programming. C++ and Java programming skills are a plus.
- Experience interfacing with relational databases (MS-SQL, MySQL, JSON)
- Nice to have: Experience with Jira look and feel customization, Atlassian SDK, creating deploying JIRA plugins and widgets an asset, Microsoft Project
Process Oriented:
- Mindset for project management and software development lifecycles and processes
- Ability to grasp concepts during discussions and convey concepts visually in a process diagram
- Possesses superior writing skills and able to articulate and document concepts succinctly and to have a mindset for brevity in documentation
- Ability to communicate concepts and processes with stakeholders and demonstrates persistence in getting stakeholders to understand concepts
General:
- Proactive, analytical, self-motivated, organized, detailed oriented and results-oriented
- Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to work well with multiple people and teams, ability to communicate progress to team members on a regular basis, be dependable and have excellent time management skills
- Experience working in high pressure environment with competing priorities and tight turnaround times
Qualifications:
Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
