Job Description
How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)
Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability,
and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta leads
the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation
for award-winning customer service. In alignment with that level of excellence,
the **Operations Research Data Science team** is responsible for building models to support various
functions across the airline, including Revenue Management, Cargo, Customer
Experience, and Tech Ops **.** **Internroles** at Delta IT offer a chance to become part of our journey to make
technology a competitive advantage for the company. Join us to help accelerate
our IT transformation to continue leading the industry as we change the way we
work. We embrace new technology and ideas to create meaningful and innovative
solutions that help Delta better connect the world. Delta IT employees are
thinkers, doers, and innovators. We are proactive, collaborative and deliver
impact to our customers. If this sounds like you, _and you are interested inworking full time for Delta after graduation if an offer is extended_ , apply
to join our team as an **IT Summer Intern** !
**Thisposition is based in Atlanta, GA.** As a Data Science Intern, you will query
airline data from multiple sources and perform exploratory data analysis. You will write Python scripts and build
models to predict behaviors and recommend airline actions. The Data Science Intern must be able to work
independently yet be eager to seek advice and ask questions. You must work with urgency, especially due to
the short nature of the internship. At
the end of the summer, you will provide a summary of your work to Operations
Research and Business leaders.
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)
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Have a **3.0 GPA** or higher and have completed
**at least 2 years** **in a college program** . Degree emphasis should be in
Data Science, Data Analytics/Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering,
or a related field
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**Beable to commit to work the entire summer internship program, May 11- August 7,2026 (13 weeks)**
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**Be willing to work from the Atlantaoffice.** Most teams work a partially onsite / partially remote (hybrid)
work schedule with management approval.
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**Have Python and SQL knowledge and skills**
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Ideal candidates have strong analytical,
leadership, written and verbal communication skills
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Embrace diverse people, thinking and styles
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Consistently make safety and security, of
self and others, a priority
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Have an interest in solving complex problems
and investing the time and energy to overcome roadblocks and learn from
mistakes
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Have an interest in working as a full time
employee after graduation if an offer is extended
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)
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Ability to digest large amounts of data and
information and succinctly explain what can be learned from the data and how it
can support decision making
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Desire to learn leadership techniques and
best practices in problem solving and conflict resolution to enable innovation
and progress on difficult to solve challenges of our customers
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Experience with AWS
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Experience developing Machine Learning models
**AdditionalBest Practices**
In
this role you should be willing to learn different approaches to resolving
problems, be flexible, able to handle shifting priorities, be results driven, and
be receptive to being mentored to grow and improve.
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing
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