Data Analytics & Governance Internship

Wellmark, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellmark, Inc. invites students to join the 2027 Summer Internship Program in Des Moines, IA, focusing on Data Analytics & Governance. You will contribute to data governance, improve data quality, and build dashboards using Power BI while engaging with modern data tools like Informatica and AWS Glue.

The role supports projects across data quality, metadata, and reference data, with a hybrid work schedule and opportunities to learn from industry leaders in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Current student studying MIS, Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or related data management or data analytic based programs.
• Familiarity with database systems, ETL tools, Microsoft Excel, and other data manipulation technologies, data visualization platforms and data warehousing such as Microsoft Power BI, AWS, Microsoft Azure/Fabric and Databricks, or similar peer systems
• Strong problem solving skills, with the ability to develop proactive solutions
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to make recommendations by translating data analysis insights into decisions and actions
• Strong technical aptitude, with the ability to learn new systems quickly
• Demonstrated analytical skills, with the ability to concisely communicate recommendations to all levels of the organization
• Proven ability to work in a deadline driven, fast paced environment
• Available to work 40 hours/week during the formal summer internship program
• Available to work a hybrid schedule 10-20 hours/week during the academic year; in-office days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Responsibilities

• Support governance tools like Informatica, AWS Glue, and data quality tooling.
• Build out Power BI dashboards for governance reporting.
• Assist in developing data quality rules and scorecards.
• Exposure to an Agile work environment with DevOps practices.
• Contribute to AI use cases (Generative or Agentic) explorations.
• Learn current data sources behind data consumption to improve governance processes

Skills

Database systems

ETL tools

Excel

Power BI

AWS

Azure/Fabric

Databricks

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Education

College student in MIS/Data Science

Tools

Informatica

AWS Glue

Power BI

Azure/Fabric

Databricks

Job description

Why choose an internship with Wellmark?We strive to offer meaningful work that assists in your professional development and provides value to the team. You will gain valuable experience within the health insurance industry and put the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired in school to practice this summer during our2027 Summer Internship Program. You will have the opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and leaders within the industry, network with fellow internship program participants, and gain practical, hands-on work experience.

If you’re eager to learn, collaborate with others, demonstrate your potential, develop customer-focused solutions, and grow into an exciting career, we hope you’ll consider an internship with us!

Job Description

What’s Data Analytics & Governance at Wellmark?This opportunity is in Data Governance which resides within the broader Business Analytics team and works heavily to improve the quality of the data in the data warehouse by influencing data decisions within both Projects and Application Change Requests, as well as to help identify and resolve data issues in production. We believe strongly in continuously improving both our processes and our people, and in creating a work environment that is both effective and enjoyable to work within.

What projects might I support?Although subject to change, examples of projects are included below:

• Support the implementation and enhancement of governance tools like Metadata, Master Data and Reference data (Informatica)
• Support the implementation and build out of our enterprise Data Quality Management tool (AWS Glue) by setting up rules and building out alerts, scorecards and dashboards
• Support Data Governance reporting through the build out of Power BI dashboards
• Support the utilization and build out of department level AI use cases (Generative or Agentic)
• Ancillary benefits of these projects include:
  • Ability to understand Wellmark's approach to data management and governing data quality (SDLC – software development lifecycle)
  • Exposure to working in an Agile work environment (Microsoft DevOps tools)
  • Work with modern data management and data governance tools (Informatica, AWS, Microsoft Azure / Fabric)
  • Gain exposure to business analytics and business intelligence practices
  • Work closely to manage, maintain and enhance data sources behind the scenes from consumption

This internship can start as a part-time position in the spring then transition into our 2027 Summer Internship Program in May or can start full-time in the Summer Internship program and continue as a part-time student in the fall working a hybrid schedule from our corporate office in Des Moines, Iowa.

Qualifications

• Current student studying MIS, Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science,or related data management or data analytic based programs
• Familiarity with database systems, ETL tools, Microsoft Excel, and other data manipulation technologies, data visualization platformsand general data warehousing such as Microsoft Power BI, AWS, Microsoft Azure/Fabric and Databricks, or similar peer systems
• Strong problem solving skills, with the ability to develop proactive solutions
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to make recommendations by translating data analysis insights into decisions and actions
• Strong technical aptitude, with the ability to learn new systems quickly
• Demonstrated analytical skills, with the ability to concisely communicate recommendations to all levels of the organization
• Proven ability to work in a deadline driven, fast paced environment
• Available to work 40 hours/week during the formal summer internship program
• Available to work a hybrid schedule 10-20 hours/week during the academic year; in-office days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Preferred:

• Prior internship experienceand 2+ years of college preferred, but will consider all candidate applications

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at [email protected]

At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources: Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them.