Data Analyst Internship

Data Analyst Internship – Summer 2026 

SOFWERX is a venue operated under an agreement between the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and DefenseWERX, designed to increase collaboration and innovation to solve the most difficult warfighter problems. SOFWERX is a forum for accelerating delivery of innovative capability, and facilitating capability refinement through exploration, experimentation, and assessment of promising technology. SOFWERX is in the heart of Ybor City, at a neutral, easily accessible facility.  

The internship program is administered by USF Institute of Applied Engineering. Upon hire, you will be considered both a USF IAE Temporary Employee and a SOFWERX student intern. 

Responsibilities  

Collaborate with subject matter experts and team members to continuously refine solutions. 

Gather, organize, and preprocess data from a variety of sources including Excel spreadsheets, AWS databases, internal software platforms, and email communications. 

Clean, normalize, and structure datasets to prepare them for use within internal databases and the organization’s content management system (CMS). 

Assist in designing automated workflows to transform and standardize incoming data for consistent storage and analysis. 

Support the development of scripts or tools (such as Python scripts) to automate data extraction, formatting, and ingestion processes. 

Collaborate with the development team to ensure data is formatted correctly for integration into web applications and databases. 

Assist in validating and verifying data accuracy across multiple systems and sources. 

Contribute ideas for simple data visualizations, dashboards, or charts that communicate key information clearly on the organization’s website. 

Document data processes and assist in improving internal data management practices. 

Must participate in weekly market research and submit minimum required entries for new capabilities, technologies, companies, organizations, etc. that could contribute to the innovative ideas needed to create solutions for the warfighter. 
  

Requirements  

MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SECURITY CLEARANCE  

Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related technical field. 

Junior or Senior level preferred, with a current GPA of 3.0 or above. 

Experience working with datasets and familiarity with data organization and preprocessing concepts. 

Experience with Excel or other spreadsheet tools for data manipulation. 

Familiarity with Python or other scripting languages for data processing is preferred. 

Exposure to databases and basic SQL concepts is a plus. 

Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS is a plus. 

Interest in data visualization and communicating data insights through charts or dashboards. 

Strong attention to detail and ability to work with large amounts of structured and unstructured data. 

Good problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills. 

Must be willing and able to work in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment. 

Good communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. 
  

Time commitment  

Hours of operation are 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday thru Friday. 

This position requires a minimum of 15 hours and a maximum of 20 hours per week during the Fall/Spring semesters and a minimum of 20 hours and a maximum of 29 hours per week during the Summer semester.  

This internship is in-person with limited remote work opportunities.   
  

Opportunities  

Engage in employee events, such as team building  

Build resume and explore career options  

Apply skills and knowledge to the workplace  

Upon completion of the internship, a letter of recommendation can be provided upon request  

Opportunity for internship extensions. 

Pay Rate  

$18.50/hour