Data Governance & Analytics Internship – Hybrid & AI‑Ready

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

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.