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Valero Intern Program

Info About Valero

• Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio with 21,000 employees
• North America's Largest independent petroleum refiner (no drilling)
  • Operates everything post-exploration and production
• 13 Refineries throughout US, Canada, and Caribbean
• Production capacity is 2.6 million barrels per day
• 5800 retail wholesale outlets: Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon brands
• Leading ethanol producer with 10 plants in Midwest producing 1.2 billion gals annually
• Own McKee wind farm

Working/Interning at Valero

• Great Campus
• On-site health care
• Fitness center
• Cafeteria
• Biz-caʒ dress code
• Extensive community involvement
• Salary (based on classification) + Financial benefits

Information Services (I/S) at Valero

(I/S == IT)

• Roughly 350 IT guys
• Primary focus on business and logistics (not software-oriented like Microsoft or Google)
• Team environment
• Project-driven development

Fast Facts

• self-owned state-of-the-art data center built in 2008
• 12,000 Supported desktops (HP and Dell)
• 1500 Windows Servers
• 150 UNIX Servers
• 550 TB of managed storage
• 2500 scheduled batch jobs each day
• 5000 Network devices

Servers are being virtualized

Roles (able to move between them if you fit):

• Infrastructure (more focus on technology = FUN!)
  • System and DB Administration
  • Telecommunications
  • Networking security
  • Monitoring
  • Desktop operations and support
  • Disaster recovery (Mobile satellite-linked systems; keep continuity in case of disasters)
• Application (Technical)
  • SAP, HP, Microsoft, Point Solutions
  • Development in Java, J2EE, ABAP, .NET
  • Application, Web and Portal Development
  • Web Services, SOA, EDI
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Application Integration (getting computers to talk to each other)
  • Reporting and Data Warehousing
• Application (Functional; more focus on business)
  • Business interface
  • Project management
  • Business Process and System design
  • Minor development and configuration
  • Training, testing
  • Troubleshooting, problem resolution

Internship Assignments

• Infrastructure
  • Engineering, Server and network support, data and network security, data center stuff
• Application (Technical)
  • Development/programming
  • Challenging assignments
  • Team member of a major project
  • Independently develop enhancements or permanent resolutions

Internship Process

1. "Welcome to Valero" orientation
2. Mentoring program - a consultant/guide
3. Real World projects
4. Social Activities - enjoy fun things San Antonio has to offer
5. Volunteer Activities
6. Intern Symposium - networking with other employees
7. Final Presentation - CEO comes to visit with you
8. Employee Evaluation - constructive criticism/feedback

Qualifications

1. Major in:
   • Computer Science
   • Computer Engineering
   • MIS
2. GPA 3.0+ with verified transcript
3. Minimum of 60 Credit Hours
4. Able to work 40 hours per week.