AT A GLANCE

• You're a motivated rising junior or above graduating in May 2021 with a 3.0 GPA or higher seeking a degree in one of the following areas listed below from an accredited college or university:

  • Information Technology
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Engineer

• This is a learning-intensive program designed to give you essential business insights and hands-on experience in your field of choice. It's a full-time, 10-week commitment from JUNE 2, 2021 through AUGUST 6, 2021.

• Benefits include professional development sessions, networking opportunities, and mentorship.

THE SPECTRUM INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

You have clear aspirations and are seeking a summer internship program that will help you meet them. Find it at Spectrum, named one of the Top 100 Internship Programs in the United States by WayUp.

Our internships are designed to provide:

• Opportunities to gain new skills and elevate the ones you already have, all in a robust and forward-thinking business setting.
• First-rate, hands-on experience in the telecommunications industry.
• Opportunities to connect you with people who can give you a better understanding of the industry and help you accomplish real goals you can add to your résumé, this includes assigning you a formal mentor and interactions with senior executives.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

As a Spectrum Intern, you'll be essential to two teams - your respective department and your Intern peer group. Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You'll spend the other 20% on professional development sessions and networking activities, including the Kickoff Conference on June 2, webinars, community service, cross-functional project, and final presentations.

Internship responsibilities may include

Next generation content, applications, media (CAM) continue to form Charter's future product strategies and offerings. The introduction of new methodologies for product development requires experience in agile development and a keen understanding of how to successfully integrate next generation media services.

The primary role comprises responsibilities in solution implementation, certification, integration, and testing of next generation VOD, Media Distribution, Content Delivery within Charter's Corporate Video Lab environments. This Video Software tester will work with Video Engineering, Software Development, Product and Test teams to support environment builds, implementations, QA testing and operate IPVOD, CDN and Media Distribution Solutions within Charter Corporate Labs.

HERE'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET STARTED

Required qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a Bachelor's Degree
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program
• Ability to travel locally to Spectrum Intern development events and activities throughout the program
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future sponsorship

• Operator level experience with Linux with the ability to perform application configuration and administration.
• Experience with CLI, Unix shells (bash, csh, other), shell scripting, various OS level daemon services
• Understanding of IPv4 and IPv6 networking.
• Understanding of system engineering practice.
• Knowledge of network service protocols including - but not limited to - DNS, HTTP, Media streaming technologies.
• Knowledge on distribution media delivery models (e.g. CDN) and associated media delivery streaming technologies.
• Knowledge of streaming media protocols (e.g. HLS, HSS, DASH).
• Willingness to gain experience of video encoding, transcoding, translate, and decode.
• Willingness to learn Video on Demand, Electronic Program Guides, Metadata Management
• Willingness to gain knowledge of distributed cloud and storage architectures (e.g. VMWare, OpenStack).
• Ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal.

Salaries depend on geography, experience, and education; negotiations begin at $18.50 For more information on Spectrum's benefits, please click here .

Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.