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Introduction

This role is for a Summer 2026 internship as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). The Internship is expected to start in May of 2026 and end in August of 2026. Candidates must be available during this timeframe, and are working towards a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field. While we are looking for certain related skills, we are also looking for someone that is an eager and courageous problem solver with an appetite to learn.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Site Reliability Engineer Intern, you will be responsible to help manage and maintain a large-scale production IT environment supporting IBM product development. The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in systems engineering, operations, automation, programming and troubleshooting - attributes aligned to deliver the required availability, scalability, and performance of our critical IT infrastructure. In this role, you will be involved with the problem resolution process; from analysis and troubleshooting, to generating fixes, and deploying them.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Manage, maintain and support various data storage solutions and environments.

• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving to improve overall IT operations.

• Support a strong cybersecurity posture and implement data protection policies.

• Debug operational issues, and automate various day-to-day repetitive IT tasks.

• Collaborate with a global team to help provide 24x7 support for large-scale production IT environments.

• Think and act like a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE): Aims to automate tasks, monitor systems, and respond to incidents, improving system reliability and overall system quality.

• Collaborate with team members to develop cost effective tools for our customers.

• Leverage Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools to deploy services and configuration changes at scale.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Experience in computer science (or similar) or equivalent experience.

• Basic skills in Linux administration/IT operations.

• Solid scripting and automation abilities - a working understanding of Python and shell scripting.

• Curiosity and inquisitive intuition and the ability to debug issues to find the root cause.

• Awareness of basic IT security compliance topics.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Skills in REST API development using Python: Familiar with Flask (Web framework); Familiar with Sphinx (Python dev doc preparation).

• Web UI Development skills: Javascript / TypeScript development, NodeJS development for Web access, Experience in using IBM "Carbon" Web widgets using "React" web framework.

• Above average experience in the use of Linux and its command line.

• Skills in the use of Git software version control and other CI/CD tools.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.