Intern Platform Engineer

Introduction

Client Engineering within IBM Technology Sales is about proactive initiative, controlled speed and positive impact to clients. Moving fast, we've a bias for action, and an obsession to support our clients overcome their hardest problems through fast-paced and agile co-creative experiences.

In a world where technology moves at speed, it's essential that we stay ahead of the curve to provide tailored solutions from across IBM's whole product suite, that meet our clients' needs. It's not enough for us to know that there are problems in the world. As a multi-disciplinary team of experts, we're obligated to make sure they're continually solved. It's an obsession that drives us to help our clients modernize and thrive.

Your Role And Responsibilities

Internship for 20 weeks to learn how a platform engineer works in CE

As a Intern as Platform Engineer within IBM Client Engineering, you'll play a key role in delivering unique client co-creation experiences to accelerate their transformation. You'll be involved in all aspects of integrated solutions, from identifying requirements to making technical decisions that impact the business case. Your intern - role as a Platform Engineer will be to work with cross-functional teams to realize the full potential of our hybrid cloud and AI solutions to prove business value to our clients.

• Leverage contemporary hybrid cloud skills (e.g., AI, analytics, DevOps, DevSecOps, IaC, automation, security, networking, and storage) with deep industry expertise and an understanding of your clients’ businesses.
• Define and communicate the unique value of IBM’s technology, both technically and commercially.
• Participate in client sessions that include a range of public and hybrid cloud technologies, such as Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Cloud Paks, and Kubernetes.
• Support the solutions architecture plan and be a hands-on "builder" during client-facing engagements.
• Advice on solution architecture to align with platform best practices, with a focus on our clients target environment to ease transition to deployment.
• Work with deployment teams to transition platform assets and information to provide seamless transitions for our clients
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

As intern you are within your education towards a masters in a technical area. We will work to evolve skills within the following areas;

• Hands-on experience with a wide range of cloud and AI technologies.
• Practical knowledge and direct experience with virtualized on-premise and cloud-based computing platforms.
• Experience in building application and infrastructure deployment automation workflows.
• Proven track record in participating in customer-facing technical solutions teams across various cloud architectures.
• Technical experience in a cloud-related domain such as Data/Analytics, Data Science, Security, or other cloud-native, hybrid, or public-cloud technology.
• Understanding and practical application of Agile best practices.
• Proficient in at least one common cloud native programming language (Java, Python, HCL, Rust, Ansible, etc.)
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

As intern you are ready to challenge yourself within areas such as site reliability or platform engineering, in hybrid-cloud and on-premise environments.

• Experience in deploying and operating solutions on AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, or Google Cloud.
• Experience as a Solution Architect or in a public cloud consultant role.
• Experience in developing collaborative client relationships at all levels within organizations.
• Knowledge of Well-Architected Frameworks from AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, or Google Cloud.
• Relevant technical certifications (e.g., CNCF, AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure, Google Cloud, DevOps).