Data Architect Intern (Pack STEM, Saatvik Advisors, Fall 2025)
**This internship is hosted by Saatvik Advisors and sponsored by the Nevada Career Studio.
To be eligible for this internship, all applicants must have their resume and cover letter reviewed by the Nevada Career Studio (NCS). Please visit during drop-in hours before applying for this position. Students will not be able to submit applications for this position without NCS approval.
About Saatvik Advisors:
We offer cyber & internet security services to SMB clients. We offer Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Services and the global transition to the new IP addressing protocol IPv6 in compliance with federal requirements. We also participate and contribute to global internet governance and policy forums. We develop risk assessment and mitigation strategies for managing a company's intersection of cyber & internet security.
We are developing a methodology for behaviour based systems analysis. We were the first Northern Nevada company to be invited to participate in ZeroLabs Innovation Launchpad, sponsored by GOED & UNLV for this product.
Saatvik Advisors is registered in sam.gov and is certified as a HUBZone business as well as SBA certified as a Women Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantaged Women Small Business. We work closely with APEX Accelerator for identifying grant and contract opportunities.
Our founder is a globally recognized writer and speaker in IP addressing. She was a panelist in UNR's 2024 Cybersecurity Conference. She is leading the world's only behaviour based research into the transition to IPv6. She is a former Board Director for Momentum for Health. She holds an MBA from Santa Clara University. She also serves on UNR's Nevada for Excellence in Disabilities Community Advisory Committee and is increasingly active in legislation benefiting the visually impaired as well as internet infrastructure.
Internship Description:
This internship will be continuing the work initiated by previous interns. The work revolves around the OSI Model. The intern will use generally available data extraction tools specific for the layer of the OSI Model they are working with. They will be expected to integrate data from multiple layers of the OSI model for analysis. They will be expected to make recommendations for data integration with respect to performance and data integrity concerns. They will be expected to document their methodology and be able to communicate results and findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Complete 120 hours of work as an intern (8-15 hours per week, 15 weeks total)
- Produce recommendations for data selection extracted from one or more layers of the OSI Model.
- Produce visualizations of the data relationships and movement between layers.
- Document results and findings in written and visualized forms.
- May present findings to technical and non-technical resources outside Saatvik Advisors.
- Participate in collaborative efforts with the data architect.
Goals and Expectations of the Intern:
- Contribute to our foundational methodology with data from multiple sources and extraction methods.
- Clearly document in written form their justification for their technical decisions.
- Clearly document in visual form the data and its relationships and data extraction methodology.
- Clearly communicate their methodology and findings to multiple stakeholders: supervisor, peers, potential investors.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be a degree-seeking student at the University of Nevada, Reno after Summer ‘25
- Summer ‘25 or earlier graduates are not eligible for the Wolf Pack STEM Internship Program
- Demonstrated initiative and curiosity in their field.
- Experience in data analysis, integration and visualization.
- Academic experience in computer systems and the OSI model.
- Academic experience in communicating complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience. Exposure to presentation tools.
- Knowledge of database structures and technologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Work experience in computer systems and the OSI Model.
- Work experience in data analysis and integration.
- Experience in presentation tools.
- Experience in building complex data visualizations.
- Work experience in data structures and database technologies.
Desired Schedule for Intern:
- The intern will work the number of hours allocated by the internship program. The intern will have the flexibility to schedule the work around their academic schedules.
- Applicants may be available to attend business or startup events, based on their interest.
Pack STEM internships require interns to complete 120 hours during their internship. It is the intern’s responsibility to ensure this requirement is met.