Solutions Analyst Intern

Solutions Analyst Intern

The Company: GIA is the worlds foremost authority in gemology. GIA is a global organization with headquarters located in Carlsbad CA. GIA in Carlsbad boasts a 17-acre ocean view campus that accommodates approximately 800 of its 3400 total employees worldwide. It offers many competitive health and commuter benefits that promote the well-being of its employees as well as that of the environment.

The Location: This position is located in Las Vegas Nevada

Job Overview:

The Solutions Analyst Intern works at the intersection of research technology and delivery applying many of the core
skills commonly associated with business analyst this position youll gain hands-on experience helping
transform innovative research ideas into clearly defined high-quality technical solutions ready for execution.

Youll support the full lifecycle of research-driven initiatives by clarifying requirements validating assumptions
reviewing system behavior and ensuring outputs meet quality standards before release. Acting as a key alignment
checkpoint youll help keep ideas documentation development work and final deliverables moving forward in sync.
Working closely with research leaders product and project managers architects and engineers youll contribute to
analysis documentation and planning that keeps projects well-scoped and aligned with business technical and
operational goals. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving asking thoughtful questions and
connecting strategy to execution.
By bridging research analytical thinking quality validation and development planning youll help reduce rework
improve delivery readiness and support the transition from concept to real-world impact

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Analyze and review technical analytical and documentation artifacts to ensure requirements traceability accuracy and completeness
Validate system logic data outputs calculations and workflows through structured testing against defined acceptance criteria
Create and maintain test cases validation checklists and quality standards to support solution readiness
Identify document and track defects requirement gaps and inconsistencies; collaborate with delivery teams to drive resolution
Support business and technical requirements definition including functional and non-functional requirements user stories and acceptance criteria
Collaborate with research product engineering architecture and project management teams to refine scope assumptions and expected system behavior
Help maintain solution documentation such as system overviews UI flows and high-level architecture artifacts
Ensure deliverables are release ready by assisting with validating completeness traceability and standards compliance
Provide analytical and coordination support including tracking milestones risks dependencies and key decisions

Skills & Abilities:

Strong attention to detail with an interest in understanding how systems data and processes work
Basic ability to follow technical logic workflows and requirements and ask questions when something is unclear
Comfortable working with structured data and written documentation
Clear written and verbal communication skills
Organized and able to document work clearly and consistently
Comfortable collaborating with both technical and non-technical team members in a learning environment

Minimum Qualifications:

Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Analytics Business Analytics Engineering Mathematics or a related field

Familiarity or schoolwork related to business analysis or systems analyst are highly valued
Experience using common tools such as Excel Word PowerPoint or similar is expected; exposure to Jira Confluence Visio or diagramming tools is a plus
Interest in learning Agile or Waterfall project methods; prior academic exposure is helpful but not required
Employee may be required from time to time to work overtime.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger handle or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
• Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request to enable them to perform the essential functions of their job as required by law.
• GIA provides employees with a safe work environment through the provision of internal safety policies and procedures safety awareness and training and appropriate safety equipment as recommended and/or prescribed by governing regulatory agencies.
• Employee is required to comply with all safety policies procedures directives and/or warnings

Pay Range: $24/hr.

An Equal Opportunity Employer
All employment decisions are made without regard to unlawful considerations of race sex religion national origin age disability or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Disclaimer: This job description indicates in general terms the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification and it may be changed by management at any time. Other duties may also apply. Nothing in this job description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the Company and its employees.