About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif;color:black">John Keells Information Technology (Pvt) Ltd (JKIT), a fully owned subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka's largest conglomerate listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, is a global IT professional services leader, transforming enterprises with cutting-edge digital solutions.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif;color:black">JKIT is a 100% cloud-native solutions provider, offering end-to-end digital transformation solutions in collaboration with global Principals like Microsoft, SAP, and Salesforce. Driven by a Cloud-first, Mobile-first and AI-first strategy, JKIT empowers businesses with innovation, agility, growth, and state-of-the-art security.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif;color:black">We invite applications from suitably qualified individuals for the post of </span><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Intern – Cloud Solutions and Services </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">The selected candidate will report to the <strong>Practice Manager – Cloud Solutions & Services.</strong></span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">.</H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">The <strong>Intern – Cloud Solutions & Services</strong> will be responsible for:</span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Assisting in building and maintaining ETL pipelines, supporting data processing, transformation, and integration activities across cloud-based platforms such as Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, and SQL databases.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Writing and optimizing SQL queries for data extraction, validation, reporting, and supporting the management of structured and unstructured data across cloud environments.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Performing data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies, while contributing to the development of Power BI dashboards, reports, and data visualizations.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Supporting Azure AI Foundry initiatives, including data preparation, prompt experimentation, and basic AI/ML-related activities using Python or similar technologies.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Collaborating with team members to understand business requirements and assist in designing data solutions, data flows, system integrations, and data architecture concepts.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">Preparing presentations, technical documentation, reports, and process guides to communicate project progress, insights, and findings.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">.</H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">The ideal candidate should possess:</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">• Basic knowledge or academic exposure to Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Databases, and ETL/data pipeline concepts.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">• Familiarity with SQL, Power BI, and programming languages such as Python, R, or similar technologies.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">• Understanding of data modeling, data integration, and cloud-based data management concepts; exposure to statistics and machine learning concepts will be an added advantage.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.</span></p></div></div></div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">If you’re up for the challenge, please send your resume to </span><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">[email protected]</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif">or 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