About the position
A career in IBM Consulting-Federal is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting-Federal. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions that result in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience. During your internship, you can enhance your knowledge and gain professional experience by working on client projects. This role provides an exceptional opportunity to build a compelling portfolio, acquire new skills, gain insights into diverse industries, and embrace novel challenges for your future career. At IBM, we prioritize continuous learning, skill development, and personal growth within a culture of coaching and mentorship. As an intern, you'll experience this culture and could advance to our associate program based on results and performance. Work experiences you could be exposed to include mentored analytical support, data integrations, effective communication, and tech-driven data transformation. You will receive mentorship from diverse professionals in science engineering and consulting, develop skills in writing efficient programs, assist in conveying analytical results, and utilize programming languages like Python to build data pipelines, gaining exposure to cloud platforms and data integration tools.
Responsibilities
- Enhance knowledge and gain professional experience by working on client projects.
- Build a compelling portfolio and acquire new skills.
- Assist in conveying analytical results to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Utilize programming languages like Python to build data pipelines and transform data.
- Develop skills in writing efficient and reusable programs to cleanse, integrate, and model data.
Requirements
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting - Federal.
- Currently pursuing a quantitative degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship building.
- Have initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills.
- Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to communicate effectively through active listening.
- Familiarity with one or more scripting languages (Python preferred), or a proven computer science foundation.
Nice-to-haves
- Demonstrate familiarity or interest in statistical analysis or data mining through previous internships or projects.
- General familiarity with databases, data-engineering tools (SQL, spark) and cloud platforms (e.g., IBM Cloud, Azure, AWS).
- Experience using machine-learning/data science libraries in Python (scikit-learn, SciPy, pandas, PyTorch) is a plus.
Benefits
- Paid family medical leave
- Disability benefits
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick time
