UU Student - Computer

Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job

Announcement

Details

Open Date 06/24/2026

Requisition Number PRN
17158N Job Title UU Student - Computer Working Title Data Gov Computer Intern Career Progression Track SJ Track Level FLSA Code Nonexempt Patient Sensitive Job Code? No Type Non Benefited Staff / Student Temporary? No Standard Hours per Week 19 hours per week Full Time or Part Time? Part Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary

Monday-Friday, hours to be arranged

Is this a work study job? No VP Area Academic Affairs Department 00822 - University Analytics & Institutional Reporting Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range $15.00/hr Close Date 09/24/2026 Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

We seek highly motivated student pursing a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant areas of study to help support data governance within the University Analytics and Institutional Reporting (UAIR) department. This opportunity will focus on data management, data governance, and reporting. The position will focus on expanding and enhancing existing code to collect, process, and integrate external data sources into institutional systems.

Skill Development

This is a project oriented internship that will provide hands-on experience in data engineering, automation, and data governance practices. Students will gain experience working with structured and semi-structured data, as well as exposure to institutional analytics workflows. The following are some of the skills that may be developed through different data governance projects:

* Develop and enhance web scraping solutions to collect data from external sources

* Clean, transform, and integrate data into relational databases

* Work with scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL) to automate data workflows

* Understand and apply data governance principles, including data definition standardization and metadata management

* Troubleshoot and maintain data pipelines and ingestion processes

There may be other tools or processes touched on throughout the internships. The following are some examples of the skills that may be developed and utilized within this internship:

* Project management,

* Advanced relevant programming skills (i.e. Python, SQL, etc.)

* Data visualization development

Responsibilities

* The primary responsibility of this role will be to support and enhance processes that collect and integrate external data into institutional systems. This includes working with existing code to automate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data and definitions into a centralized database.

* The position will help improve data consistency and alignment between internal and external reporting, supporting data governance efforts and laying the groundwork for future analysis, while providing hands-on technical experience in a real-world environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be a current University of Utah student

Preferences

* Ability to work independently with light to moderate supervision in various areas of responsibility.

* Excellent problem-solving including research, error detection and correction, root cause analysis, conceptual, analytical and decision-making skills

* Preference will be given to students with related coursework and/or professional experience.

Special Instructions Summary Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at  for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions.

Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at  or  or University Human Resource Management at  if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.

Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

Consistent with state and federal law, the University of Utah does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran's status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title…