Jobs at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Leads complex financial, operational, compliance, and contractual audits; conducts risk assessments, control testing, data analytics, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action follow-up. Advises business units and executives on governance, risk management, compliance, and process improvement. Prepares audit reports, visualizations, and recommendations, ensures alignment with professional standards, supports enterprise risk management, and mentors junior auditors.

Manages business intelligence, data analysis, reporting, data governance, funding controls, and ERP-related initiatives for financial and grants management. Integrates data from financial, payroll, inventory, timekeeping, and payment systems; develops dashboards, metrics, forecasts, and federal and non-federal reports. Provides recommendations supporting budgets, capital funding plans, grant compliance, agency investments, and strategic decision-making. Requires collaboration with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Temporary summer internship supporting WMATA's Rail Modernization Team and broader transit functions. Interns analyze data, prepare technical and administrative reports, create presentations and project plans, review reports, research information, participate in meetings and training, and support assigned departmental initiatives. The role provides exposure to rail systems, infrastructure modernization, signaling, project delivery, systems integration, safety procedures, and transportation operations.

College interns support the Compensation team with data audits, validation, cleanup, analysis, research, reporting, presentations, and project work. Interns gain exposure to transit operations and business functions while attending training sessions and departmental meetings. Responsibilities include reviewing data for accuracy, identifying issues, assisting with solutions, and maintaining workplace safety awareness. The role is a temporary summer internship lasting up to 13 weeks.

College cybersecurity intern gaining hands-on exposure to governance, risk and compliance, application security, vulnerability management, and IT/OT endpoint protection. Duties include analyzing data, conducting research, preparing reports and presentations, supporting remediation efforts, attending training and meetings, and contributing to departmental projects. The 13-week summer assignment is designed for students entering their sophomore year and provides supervised experience across transit-related functions.

Supports WMATA’s Clear Lanes bus-priority program through data analysis, quality control, GIS mapping, corridor plan reviews, field surveys, enforcement support, and performance evaluation. Completes a project assessing bus lane effectiveness and recommends quick-build improvements. Prepares reports, presentations, data visualizations, and project plans while participating in transit training, meetings, and safety initiatives.

Supports the WMATA Chief of Staff office through research, data analysis, report and presentation preparation, meeting participation, project planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Interns gain exposure to executive operations, Board and stakeholder engagement, strategic initiatives, transit functions, safety policies, and public service. Assignments may vary by department and include administrative, technical, operational, or business functions.

College interns support Strategy, Planning, and Performance projects through data compilation and analysis, report and presentation preparation, research, documentation, meeting participation, and departmental coordination. Interns may rotate among transit functions and receive training while producing work products under supervision. The role also requires adherence to safety policies and support for a positive safety culture.

Summer internship supporting Metro’s Ridership and Mobility Analysis team. The intern will research transit and mobility data, analyze numerical information, prepare reports and presentations, create data visualizations and dashboards, identify issues, and assist with departmental projects and meetings. Assignments may vary by department and include training in transit operations, safety, engineering, technology, planning, or business functions.

College interns gain hands-on transit industry experience through department assignments involving data compilation and analysis, report preparation, research, presentations, project plans, meetings, and training. The role may support data engineering, AI-driven software development, digitization, business analysis, engineering, IT, operations, or other functions. Interns use Microsoft Office and databases, identify issues, recommend solutions, and produce department-specific work products under supervision.

College interns gain hands-on transit operations experience through office and field assignments across bus and rail operations, safety, engineering, IT, planning, police, and business functions. Duties include analyzing data, preparing reports and presentations, researching information, identifying issues, participating in meetings and training, and supporting departmental projects. Fieldwork may involve public interaction, transit facilities, railroad tracks, tools, equipment, and Metro vehicles. The internship lasts up to 13 weeks and is supervised by department leadership.

College interns support WMATA’s Digital Modernization Business Operations team by maintaining Power BI dashboards, analyzing capital and operating expenses, preparing reports, and assisting with budgeting and forecasting. Duties may include data compilation, research, presentations, project plans, report review, meetings, and departmental training. The internship provides exposure to financial analysis, business intelligence, technology investment management, and public-sector transit operations.

College intern supporting internal audit and compliance activities through data analysis, process documentation, risk assessments, flowchart development, report and presentation preparation, and participation in compliance reviews and enterprise risk management initiatives. The role provides training and exposure to transit operations, audit methodology, business process evaluation, data analytics, AI-enabled workflows, and professional communication.

Provides introductory, hands-on experience supporting government relations and transit-related projects. Duties may include researching and analyzing data, preparing reports, presentations, correspondence, and project plans, reviewing reports, participating in meetings and training, and supporting assigned departmental functions. The intern must communicate effectively, write well, use standard office software, analyze numerical data, and maintain safety awareness.

College internship supporting transit strategy, planning, and performance analysis. The intern compiles, reviews, and analyzes numerical and operational data; prepares reports, presentations, correspondence, data visualizations, and project plans; researches information; identifies issues; and recommends solutions under supervision. The role provides practical exposure to transit operations and departmental functions while requiring participation in meetings, training, and safety initiatives.

College intern supporting transit performance and strategic planning through data compilation, analysis, reporting, presentations, and research. The role may analyze transportation operations, business processes, performance measures, and service reliability while collaborating with operational staff. Interns attend meetings and training, identify reporting issues, recommend solutions, and produce reports, presentations, data visualizations, correspondence, or project plans. The position is a temporary summer assignment lasting up to 13 weeks.

Temporary summer internship providing hands-on exposure to digital modernization, application development, IT operations, data analysis, safety technology, and project management. Interns compile and analyze data, prepare reports and presentations, research information, identify issues, recommend solutions, and participate in meetings and training. Assignments may rotate across departments and locations in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia.

Summer college internship supporting strategy and policy development for public transit. Responsibilities include researching and analyzing data, preparing management and operational reports, creating presentations and project plans, identifying issues, recommending solutions, attending meetings and training, and collaborating across departments. The intern may rotate among transit functions and will gain practical experience in strategy, planning, performance, and general business operations.

Summer college internship supporting WMATA’s Safety Data Analytics team. The intern will compile, review, and analyze safety and operational data; prepare reports, presentations, correspondence, and data visualizations; research information; identify problems; and assist with departmental meetings and projects. The role provides practical exposure to transit safety, operations, analytics, and public-sector business functions.

College intern supporting a transit maintenance training team through dashboard development, dataset cleaning, reusable reporting templates, data analysis, and report preparation. The role uses Excel, SQL, Power BI, or Tableau to track compliance, measure performance, and create visuals for decision-making. Interns may also research data, prepare presentations, attend meetings, participate in training, and support departmental projects. This is a temporary summer opportunity lasting up to 13 weeks.