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IT is one of the strongest fields for CPT authorization because software development, data engineering, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and systems analysis map directly onto the coursework in computer science, information systems, and related STEM programs. Most IT roles can be tied to a specific course or degree requirement, making DSO approval straightforward for enrolled students.
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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Job Summary: Works closely with team members as well as external IT/Clinical teams to provide onsite technical support and troubleshooting to customers at an entry level capacity. Performs novice maintenance and support for standalone and networked electronic devices, media services and software applications with needed guidance and/or assistance. Responsible for frequent communication and follow-up on all tasks and can review and understand technical documentation/diagrams.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide entry-level desktop support to customers.
- Perform various administrative duties including technical documentation, inventory, etc.
- Assist team members and customers and escalate issues when necessary.
- Analyzes and validates business and technical requirements to ensure systems will perform optimally.
- Installs and configures computer operating systems of zero to low complexity.
- Executes infrastructure and system upgrades, patches, enhancements and bug fixes.
- Follows relevant security policies and regulatory governances.
- Perform all standard duties for expansions/projects for all IT hardware and connected devices at a basic, supervised level.
- Additional duties as assigned by superiors.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Some IT experience with IT hardware and connected devices
- Ability to work independently and within a close team environment
- Ability to work primarily in the Clarksville, TN area, with some duties in the Nashville area.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Problem Management (Fundamental Awareness): Has light experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with Incident Tracking and Problem Reporting. Is familiar with the Company's problem report format, as well as problem tracking procedures and tools.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Health IT
HealthIT provides the best health information technology tools that support Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of:
- Delivering distinctively personalized care
- Improving the health care of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally
- Providing transformative learning programs
- Supporting compelling discoveries
Our tools, which form the digital arteries of VUMC, are either developed in-house by our innovative product teams or selected from the most cutting-edge solutions available in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Our 500 colleagues provide ongoing support over each product’s entire lifespan, ensuring that the tools are meeting the evolving needs of the Medical Center’s 24,000 colleagues. Our solutions are driven by the incredible work and research of our colleagues throughout Vanderbilt and supported through a close partnership with VUMC Information Technology (VUMC IT). The strong collaboration among our teams means that VUMC can respond to clinical and operational issues with agility and innovation. Together, we ensure VUMC remains a leader in its pioneering use of healthcare information technology. Underscoring our entire department are our core values of accountability, transparency and execution, delivered with a strong Partner Promise. Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance.
Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement.
Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements.
Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.
CORE CAPABILITIES
Supporting Colleagues:
- Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
- Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Delivering Excellent Services:
- Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
- Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner.
- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Ensuring High Quality:
- Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
- Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Managing Resources Effectively:
- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
- Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Fostering Innovation:
- Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
- Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.
Position Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
Certifications:
Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level: 1 year
Education: Associate's
Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.
INTRODUCTION
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Job Summary: Works closely with team members as well as external IT/Clinical teams to provide onsite technical support and troubleshooting to customers at an entry level capacity. Performs novice maintenance and support for standalone and networked electronic devices, media services and software applications with needed guidance and/or assistance. Responsible for frequent communication and follow-up on all tasks and can review and understand technical documentation/diagrams.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide entry-level desktop support to customers.
- Perform various administrative duties including technical documentation, inventory, etc.
- Assist team members and customers and escalate issues when necessary.
- Analyzes and validates business and technical requirements to ensure systems will perform optimally.
- Installs and configures computer operating systems of zero to low complexity.
- Executes infrastructure and system upgrades, patches, enhancements and bug fixes.
- Follows relevant security policies and regulatory governances.
- Perform all standard duties for expansions/projects for all IT hardware and connected devices at a basic, supervised level.
- Additional duties as assigned by superiors.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Some IT experience with IT hardware and connected devices
- Ability to work independently and within a close team environment
- Ability to work primarily in the Clarksville, TN area, with some duties in the Nashville area.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Problem Management (Fundamental Awareness): Has light experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with Incident Tracking and Problem Reporting. Is familiar with the Company's problem report format, as well as problem tracking procedures and tools.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Health IT
HealthIT provides the best health information technology tools that support Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of:
- Delivering distinctively personalized care
- Improving the health care of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally
- Providing transformative learning programs
- Supporting compelling discoveries
Our tools, which form the digital arteries of VUMC, are either developed in-house by our innovative product teams or selected from the most cutting-edge solutions available in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Our 500 colleagues provide ongoing support over each product’s entire lifespan, ensuring that the tools are meeting the evolving needs of the Medical Center’s 24,000 colleagues. Our solutions are driven by the incredible work and research of our colleagues throughout Vanderbilt and supported through a close partnership with VUMC Information Technology (VUMC IT). The strong collaboration among our teams means that VUMC can respond to clinical and operational issues with agility and innovation. Together, we ensure VUMC remains a leader in its pioneering use of healthcare information technology. Underscoring our entire department are our core values of accountability, transparency and execution, delivered with a strong Partner Promise. Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance.
Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement.
Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements.
Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.
CORE CAPABILITIES
Supporting Colleagues:
- Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
- Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Delivering Excellent Services:
- Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
- Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner.
- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Ensuring High Quality:
- Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
- Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Managing Resources Effectively:
- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
- Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Fostering Innovation:
- Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
- Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.
Position Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
Certifications:
Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level: 1 year
Education: Associate's
Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.
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Get Access To All JobsFrequently Asked Questions
How do IT roles qualify for CPT authorization?
CPT requires that your work experience is an integral part of your curriculum, meaning the IT role must connect directly to your enrolled program and course objectives. For computer science, information systems, software engineering, and cybersecurity students, this connection is usually straightforward to document. Your DSO will ask you to identify the specific course the internship satisfies, so have a clear explanation of how the role applies to your coursework before you meet with them.
Should IT students on CPT look for part-time or full-time positions?
Part-time CPT (under 20 hours per week) is the safer choice during active semesters because it preserves your full-time OPT eligibility after graduation. Twelve or more months of full-time CPT makes you permanently ineligible for OPT, which would eliminate a significant post-graduation work authorization option. Full-time CPT is reasonable during summer or winter breaks when you have no other coursework obligations. Many IT employers, especially larger tech companies, structure internships specifically for these academic calendar windows.
Which IT roles are most commonly available for CPT students?
Software engineering internships, data analyst roles, IT support and systems administration positions, cloud infrastructure projects, and cybersecurity analyst roles are the most common CPT placements for IT students. These roles tend to have clearly defined technical deliverables that align well with academic course objectives, which makes the CPT authorization process smoother. Employers in these areas are generally familiar with hiring enrolled international students and understand that the offer letter is what the student needs from them.
How do I get CPT authorized for an IT internship or job?
Once you have a written job offer from the employer, bring it to your Designated School Official along with documentation showing how the role connects to your degree program. Your DSO authorizes CPT by updating your I-20, and that updated I-20 is your work authorization. There is no USCIS filing and no fee. The turnaround is typically fast, often within a few days, but start the process as early as possible since some schools process CPT requests on a schedule tied to registration deadlines.
Where can I find IT employers who are open to hiring CPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international students and F-1 visa holders, so the IT jobs listed there come from employers who understand CPT work authorization and are actively open to hiring enrolled students. Searching through a general job platform means filtering out employers unfamiliar with CPT, which wastes time during a period when your authorization timeline is tied to your academic calendar. Focusing your search on Migrate Mate puts you in front of employers who already know what a CPT offer letter means.
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