Summer 2025 - Federal Government Customer Advisory Intern

 

Summer 2025 – Federal Government Customer Advisory - Intern

 

Nice to meet you!    

   

We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence – and questions into answers.     

   

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness.  If you’re looking for a dynamic, fulfilling internship coupled with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you’ll find it here.    

     

What you’ll do   

Looking for *that* internship? The game-changing one that’ll help you learn, grow, and chart your path forward? You’ll find it at SAS. Our interns aren’t coffee runners – they do real, meaningful work. Our award-winning internship program is focused on development, culture, and community. We’ll help you grow professionally, find (or further) your passion, and make memorable connections that last beyond the summer.    

  

The SAS Federal Government Team is responsible for ensuring our government customers have access to the latest SAS technology, and can use it in support of a wide variety of government missions.  Our team provides sales support to identify use cases for advanced analytics, and then creates compelling demos, customer-facing presentations and other sales artifacts. 

 

 

As an intern, you might:  

• Research use cases for advanced analytics in the public sector 

• Develop prototype solutions using structured and unstructured data to demonstrate SAS applicability to public sector business problems 

• Learn and leverage SAS Viya for analysis, governance, and orchestration of prototype solutions, including capabilities in natural language processing, machine learning, large language models, intelligent decisioning, and visualization 

• Collaborate with fellow pre-sales resources on special projects 

• Build relationships with Account Executives 

  

Required Qualifications  

• Degree Type: Associates, Bachelor’s 

• Targeted majors: Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Data Science  

• You’re a college student enrolled in an accredited program, not graduating prior to December 2025.  

• You've got programing experience in one or more of the following languages:  SAS, Python, or R; or experience with cloud computing technologies, such as Kubernetes, containers, Amazon Web Services, Azure, etc. 

• You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.  

• Strong communication skills – both written and verbal.  

• Leadership abilities. Your past experiences demonstrate you’ll take initiative and go above and beyond the call of duty.  

• You’re interested in the future of Analytics and embrace technology.  

  

Preferred Qualifications  

• Familiarity with UX design, HTML , CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, Swift and other languages and methods to stand up customized user interfaces to interact with analytics results  

• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) 

• Ability to work as part of a team and also semi-independently 

 

Location  

• This team works out of the SAS Arlington, VA office. The preference is for this position to be based out of Arlington, VA
• There is also the option to be remote or hybrid from SAS HQ in Cary, NC

 

Internship dates: May 20 – August 8, 2025. We can be flexible on start date if your university is on a quarter system.  Internships last 12 weeks in total length.  

  

Perks of the job  Work with (and learn from) the best. As a SAS intern, you’ll get face time with our top executives!   

• Free SAS programming training and certification.     

• At SAS, the Future of Work is whatever you want it to be. Want to work remotely? That’s cool. Prefer a mix of sweatpants and in-person collaboration? That’s great, too.    

• Your well-being matters, and that’s why we support all dimensions of your well-being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you stay healthy and productive.  This includes an on-site and remote Work/Life Center staffed by master’s level Social Workers and an Employee Assistance Program.  

• We work hard, but we like to play hard, too. Enjoy hackathons, social events and other opportunities to connect + engage.