At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You'll be empowered to build community, explore your passion, and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. The internship is designed not only for you to do great work with the opportunity to learn and grow, but to experience our culture full of diverse community connection, executive engagement, and memorable events.

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Basic Qualifications

• Citizenship Verification: Microsoft Federal roles support the United States federal government. This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.
• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field with at least one semester/quarter remaining after internship.
• Passion for technology and customer obsessed.
• Displays strong stakeholder and relationship management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills.
• Microsoft Product Certification, MCSE or other technical certifications is a plus.

The successful candidate must obtain an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance after hire. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination. Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Role Description

Applications to these opportunities are considered for all available Microsoft Federal Consulting Services intern roles, including but not limited to, the role described below:

Consultant

Consultants are strategists who work closely with Microsoft's partners to assist customers in the delivery of high-quality engagements around Microsoft's solution areas, technologies, services and products in diverse client environments.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the pre-sales process by leveraging knowledge of business requirements to successfully offer technical input and solution offerings.
• Participates in project planning by identifying risks and dependencies and proposing appropriate mitigations.
• Implements technical solutions by coordinating and aligning with customer's business goals.
• Cultivates relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders to identify drivers of satisfaction and establish recovery actions to improve experience.

Project Manager

Project Managers (PJM) have a unique mix of both project management and consulting skills. Driven by a passion for technology, the PJM ensures projects are successfully delivered to our customers on time and meeting specifications.

Responsibilities:

• Drives project initiation by prioritizing tasks, proactively removing risks, and creating work breakdown structures.
• Develops project management plan to drive project delivery in line with customer needs.
• Leverages technical expertise to engage with customer stakeholders and cultivate business relationships.
• Builds trusted relationships with customers by reviewing feedback, providing guidance, managing expectations, and adhering to key performance indicators.