Data Analytics Intern

Job Description:

Data Analytics Intern

Description

Data Analytics Intern
at The City of Fort Worth
FWLab

Pay Range: $20.00/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, March 12, 2026

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Data Science Intern job is available with the City of Fort Worth. The Data Analytics division of FWLab is a data-driven research environment that examines diverse sets of data for insights and trends through predictive modeling, statistical analysis, and advanced visualizations.

Using statistical, computational, and visualization capabilities, they enhance departments' capacity to deliver for the people of Fort Worth. Their findings drive decision making excellence, process efficiency, and promote organizational awareness.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current or recently graduated within the last 6 months of application or working towards a specialization in a vocational field
• No previous experience is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with some form of data visualization tooling (Power BI, Tableau)
• Prior probability and statistics knowledge
• Skill in high-level programming language (Python, R, Julia)
• Familiarity with data manipulation / ML libraries (pandas, numpy, sklearn, etc.)

The Data Analytics Intern job responsibilities include:

• Curiosity - asking great, simple questions is more important than sounding like an expert
• Collaborate with departments to define problem spaces
• Breakdown complex business problems into component parts using abstract reasoning / quantitative thinking and document those processes
• Develop tests to interrogate real-world systems
• Creative and practical with approach to data collection from diverse databases and sources
• Manipulate data with Power BI, Excel, or high-level programming languages like Python, if preferred
• Analyze data using regressions, Bayesian, time series, etc., to develop mechanistic understanding of real-world systems
• Create data visualizations based on insight from analysis and communicate insight to stakeholders through reports, presentations, interactive dashboards, etc

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking, and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work-Depending on assignment, position in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting more of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Closing Date/Time: Thursday, March 12, 2026

Salary:

$20.00/hr.