What You Will Do:  

The intern will be working as a team member and assist with multiple projects owned by the Securities Data Management Services (SDMS) team. The SDMS team is responsible for data management of third-party vendor data as well as pledged loan data for the Discount Window program. The intern will also have an opportunity to connect and collaborate with other members within the Collateral Data Support Team (CDST). 

The intern in this role will be given a package of datasets and be required to develop a deep understanding of the individual datasets as well as the relationships between data sets. Use cases will need to be developed to assist in the design of a data model for the package. The project involves exploratory data analysis (EDA), presentation of findings, data documentation, and application testing. As the Federal Reserve System is undergoing a mandatory cloud migration, the project will also involve the migration of several existing code and tools to be compatible with the team's cloud solutions. 
 

What You Have: 

• An undergraduate student pursuing a degree related to data analytics, finance, or economics 

Required Skills: 

• Basic familiarity with Python is required and should be possessed at a data analyst level (will not be asked to write software applications but will use the language to perform EDA and automate testing and analytics functions) 

• Proficient in writing basic SQL queries and joining multiple tables is a requirement 
   

Preferred Competencies: 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Experience solving complex problems 

• Strong attention to detail

• Good organizational skills

• Ability to work well independently and with a team

• Strong presentation and communication skills to share findings concisely and effectively 
   

Additional Information:

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• All Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia employees must comply with the Bank's ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the Recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics officer if necessary. You should review the Bank's Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.
• Background investigations and drug testing are required for all new hires as a condition of employment, after the job offer is made. Candidates for positions deemed as "safety sensitive" will also be screened for the presence of marijuana. Employment may not begin until the Bank accepts the results of the background investigation.
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• Certain eligibility rules apply. You will provide work authorization to prove your eligibility to work in the United States.
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• This is NOT a 100% remote opportunity. You will be available to work on-site in at least a hybrid capacity.
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