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When passionate people are able to spend less time struggling with technology, they can spend more time on what matters – like teaching children, running businesses, keeping airports safe, and connecting disaster victims with relief. That‡s the real power of simplicity. Cisco Meraki is the leader in cloud-managed IT, thanks to our creative, inclusive, fearless team that is driven to simplify technology so the world can simply work!
Cisco Meraki is revolutionizing the way IT administrators manage their infrastructure by providing simple and secure cloud-managed solutions! With a large install base of customers and rich, multi-dimensional data sets, the potential for data analytics to improve business performance for both our customers and our own business is enormous.
About the Role
The Data Science team is a growing group that works closely with executives and leaders across the company to support the business strategy. As a Data Analyst Intern, you will develop cross-functional relationships and use rigorous quantitative methods and product data to drive near- and longer-term impact. This would be an outstanding fit for someone who would enjoy building dashboards and conducting ad hoc analyses for priority Meraki leadership asks and joint Cisco/Meraki product and customer analysis.
What Will You Do
- Define key metrics to help track our business performance and the customer experience
- Collaborate with the data infrastructure team to offer mentorship on integrating Cisco data efforts
- Design experiments and strategize rollouts to facilitate causal attribution of newly released product features
- Partner with leads pivotal, cross-functional analytical projects, identifying and aligning partners, creating project plans, devising joint analytical approaches, and implementing the project successfully
Example Projects of a Data Analyst Intern:
In this role, you will get the opportunity to work with various teams of Meraki. You will get to explore large volume and complex datasets from various sources, using which you will help those teams to define appropriate metrics to identify actionable insights and opportunities for improvement. You will also be leveraging data visualization tools like Tableau to build scalable self-serving data tools.
What Skills You Possess
- Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future
- Pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science, Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering
- Proficiency with SQL and Python experience and exposure to AWS
- Data visualization skills using tools such as Excel, Tableau, or Power BI to present complex information in an easily understandable format, aiding in data-driven decision-making and improving team efficiency
- Strong written and oral presentation skills. Able to communicate complex concepts to a variety of audiences
- Independently lead and effectively complete significant projects with little supervision
Outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving ability with superb attention to detail and accuracy
Who you are:
- You have a real passion for analytics and a desire for continuous learning
- You have strong organizational skills; able to keep track of multiple complicated priorities without losing details
- You are eager to take ownership of projects
- You remain curious and with an appetite to understand all the components of your work
- We encourage you to drop us a line even if you don‡t have all the points above. That’s a lot of different areas of responsibility! We will help you pick them up because we believe that great engineers come from diverse backgrounds.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case-by-case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
At Cisco Meraki, we‡re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We‡re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S.:
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
