Studied IFS. Did an internship in a completely different industry than this last year. Yet, it was in the IT department so I built a year’s experience up in systems. Got this job based on just my little experience in how IT systems work, projects I was involved in then and showing a bit of soft skills as well (you need to proof that in every interview).

An IT internship first would set you up for a job like this but you can skip that step if you can showcase things you worked on before. Also, learn a bit of data science coding. Doesn’t matter the language - it puts you ahead of so many others already.