Job Specifications
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting 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 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. You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore ideas beyond your role, and develop creative solutions that result in groundbreaking 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.
Your Role And Responsibilities
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 have the opportunity to advance to our associate program based on results and performance.
Work Experiences You Could Be Exposed To
Market Dynamics: Immersing yourself in primary research and collaborate with dynamic teams assisting clients in navigating market trends and refining competitive strategies.
Operational Excellence: Support operational improvement by designing models for a seamless client experience, contributing to heightened efficiency and effectiveness in operational processes.
Stakeholder Engagement: Support workshops, meetings, and interviews to understand and document requirements collaborating with diverse teams to capture and synthesizing essential information.
Project Exposure: Gain hands on experience shadowing product teams and enterprise-wide data integrations. Contribute to data analytics assessments and actively participate in cloud migration and system implementations across major platforms.
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
Currently pursuing a university degree with a track record of academic success.
Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship-building, while effectively managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment.
Initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills, while embracing a growth mindset and being open to diverse viewpoints.
Demonstrated leadership experience and the ability to communicate effectively through active listening; also willing to adapt and ready to take ownership of tasks and challenges. Interest in one or more of the following types of consulting: package, security, strategy, application, business transformation, or experience.
Minimum required education: High school diploma and actively pursuing a higher education degree in a relevant field.
Sponsorship: IBM will not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Eligible candidates must not require sponsorship now or in the future to be considered.
Required work location: These positions, anticipated to start in 2026, will be based at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Client Innovation Center.
Must be local to your assigned Client Innovation Center location or willing to relocate prior to your start date at your own expense.
Average on-site work requirement at the local IBM office is at least 3 days per week.
While the role typically requires minimal business travel, candidates should be willing to travel up to 100% if needed, based on work assignments.
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
Ability to understand clients' needs and challenges, applying a creative and logical approach to identify solutions.
Demonstrated foundational quantitative analysis skills and the ability to develop data-driven recommendations.
Exposure to one or more of the following programming technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL) is a plus.
About the Company
At IBM, we do more than work. We create. We create as technologists, developers, and engineers. We create with our partners. We create with our competitors. If you're searching for ways to make the world work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting, then we want to work with you.
We're here to help every creator turn their "what if" into what is. Let's create something that will change everything.
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