Business and Data Analyst Intern
Company: New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC)
Location: Albany, NY
Type: Full-time
Level: Junior
Posted: 2026-02-26
About this role
The NYSTEC Don Hanson Internship Program offers students the opportunity to work alongside NYSTEC professionals to apply academic knowledge in a real-world consulting environment. Interns gain hands-on experience while developing critical business and professional skills that support our clients, partners, and organization.
With guidance from an assigned mentor, interns build competencies in:
- Business knowledge and development
- NYSTEC tools and methodologies
- Partnering and networking
- Managing successful outcomes
- Facilitating presentations
- Quality and risk management
- Analytical thinking, leadership, ethics, and professionalism
Internship Experience – Business and Data Analyst Intern
As an intern in NYSTEC’s Modernization and Data Solutions practice area, you will support research, requirements documentation, data analysis, and reporting. You will help improve internal tools and documentation standards while building foundational analytical skills and contributing to high-quality project deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of requirements documentation and assist with background research activities
- Assist with data cleanup, validation, and basic analyses under team guidance
- Help prepare dashboards and reporting materials to support project tracking and decision-making
- Contribute to creating and refining internal templates, tools, and documentation standards
- Support consistency and quality across project deliverables
- Participate in internal and client-facing meetings and help prepare reports and presentations
- Learn and apply NYSTEC tools and processes while collaborating with internal and external partners
Required Qualifications
- Basic knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) and ability to query and join datasets
- Experience with Power BI or Tableau, building simple dashboards
- Familiarity with data cleaning and transformation concepts
- Introductory knowledge of Python o...