Platform Engineer Intern

Job Description

About the Job: Platform Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)

At IBM, Technology Sales is evolving its way of working to break beyond boundaries with innovative approaches. We prefer to ‘show’ vs. ‘tell’, and we’re looking for passionate undergraduate and graduate students ready to combine their technical interests and education with strong people skills. You’ll prospect and co-create with customers, partners, and colleagues to develop solutions for our clients’ most complex business challenges.

In a world where technology moves at speed, it’s essential that we stay ahead of the curve to provide tailored solutions that meet our clients’ needs. It’s not enough to have technical expertise; we need to be great with people – to empathize, understand, and collaborate on technical solutions that will improve lives all over the world.

This is a Summer 2026 position. As a Platform Engineer Intern within Client Engineering, you’ll be a key player in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team comprising Architects, AI Engineers, Designers, and Business Technology Leaders. You’ll collaborate with clients as one team, contributing to experiential working sessions and builds. The outputs of these sessions produce rapid pilots that lead to the deployment of enterprise-scale solutions at start-up speed.

IBM’s Sales Internship Program culture will set you up for positive impact and success, whilst ongoing development will continually advance your skills. Our sales environment is collaborative and experiential. As part of a team, you’ll be surrounded by bright minds – always willing to help – as you apply your passion to work that will compel our clients to invest in IBM’s products and services.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Platform Engineer Intern within IBM Client Engineering, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering unique client co-creation experiences that 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 mission will be to work with cross-functional teams to realize the full potential of our hybrid cloud and AI solutions and prove tangible business value to our clients.

Your primary responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Cloud Expertise: Leverage contemporary hybrid cloud skills (e.g., AI, analytics, DevOps, DevSecOps, IaC, security, networking, and storage) with deep industry expertise and understanding of your dedicated set of clients’ businesses.
• Value Communication: Define and communicate the differentiated value of IBM’s technology both technically and commercially.
• Technical Leadership: Participate in client sessions that include a broad range of public and hybrid cloud technologies, such as Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Cloud Paks, and Kubernetes.
• Solution Support: Support the solutions architecture plan and be a hands-on “builder” in client-facing engagements. Advise on solution architecture to align with platform best practices and focus on our clients’ target environment to ease transition to deployment.
• Transition to Deployment: Provide a seamless transition to our clients by working with deployment teams to transition, or perform, the production deployment platform assets and information.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Need

• Confidence to contact and engage potential new customers and deliver an elevated experience.
• Motivation to achieve sales, business objectives, and high client satisfaction.
• Strong analytic, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills combined with an agile process.
• Embrace curiosity and a growth mindset.

This position requires you to be in one of the following IBM offices:

• Atlanta, GA
• Austin, TX
• Chicago, IL
• Dallas, TX
• New York, NY
• Raleigh, NC
• San Francisco, CA
• Washington, DC

Readiness to travel up to 50% annually.

~ IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Preferred Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Actively Enrolled: Registered undergraduate or graduate university student.
• Education: Seeking B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent technical degree/experience.
• Programming: Working knowledge in at least one common cloud-native programming language (Java, Python, HCL, Rust, Ansible, or language in similar discipline).
• Tech Savvy: Conversant about cloud technology, latest industry trends, and how it is being applied to address business challenges.
• Team Player: Demonstrates team collaboration and can navigate different communication styles.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Possess verbal, written, and interpersonal skills that are engaging, compelling, and influential.
• Self-Starter: Growth mindset, motivated to work with clients and can lead projects independently.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Cloud Platform Experience: Experience in deploying and operating solutions on AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, or Google Cloud.
• Certifications: Relevant technical certifications (e.g., CNCF, AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure, Google Cloud, DevOps).