2027 Information Technology Internship
About The Position
Kinsale Insurance is offering paid summer internships across application development, DevOps, and quality assurance. Interns will contribute to meaningful IT projects while learning from industry experts and collaborating with business stakeholders. The IT team supports the business through software development, security, analytics, and systems infrastructure, managed in-house at the company’s Richmond office. Responsibilities vary by track. RTE Development interns may participate in incident response, support production applications, investigate and troubleshoot issues, assist with fixes, and design and automate test cases. QA interns build and maintain end-to-end and service/API tests and apply risk-based automation strategies. DevOps Engineering interns design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, configure Helm charts and Kubernetes environments, and write scripts and use third-party APIs to enhance developer tools and processes. The internship lasts 10 weeks and begins May 24, 2027. Work is onsite in Richmond, Virginia, Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Compensation is $20 per hour. The selection process includes a credit check for roles requiring sound judgment, trustworthiness, or access to sensitive information.
Requirements
- Be working toward a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, technology, or a related field.
- Desire to collaborate and grow technical and soft skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Familiarity with programming languages and Generative AI.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Java, Angular, and Python is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps tools, containerization, or advanced data analysis.
Responsibilities
- Participate in incident response by helping investigate production issues, document findings, and support service restoration (RTE Development).
- Support production applications by investigating issues, troubleshooting errors, and assisting with fixes to maintain reliable business operations (RTE Development).
- Design and automate test cases (RTE Development).
- Build and maintain Playwright end-to-end tests for key application workflows (QA).
- Develop service and API tests in Java using Rest Assured, including positive, negative, and boundary scenarios (QA).
- Apply a risk-based automation strategy by testing as close to the code as practical, choosing the appropriate test layer, and using results to improve quality (QA).
- Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines (DevOps Engineering).
- Configure Helm charts and Kubernetes environments (DevOps Engineering).
- Write scripts and leverage third-party APIs to create and maintain enhancements to developer tools and processes (DevOps Engineering).
Benefits
- Paid summer internship
- Weekly Lunch & Learns with leaders on career, technical, and industry topics
- Assigned project sponsor, mentor, and team support
- Exposure to multiple IT disciplines and business stakeholders
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Career Level
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