Entry Level Storage Client Solutions Engineer 2027 - NC

IBM

Durham (NC)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

IBM Storage Solutions Team is seeking an Entry Level Storage Client Solutions Engineer to grow under senior engineers. You will learn modern storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud while supporting solution design and technical validation for client engagements.

You will develop into a trusted technical advisor, contributing to IBM’s storage strategy and enablement of partners and customers in a fast-moving, data-driven environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical field.
Fundamentals of infrastructure and distributed systems.
Experience with virtualization and container technologies.
Familiarity with cloud platforms and storage concepts.
Interest in hybrid cloud and emerging tech.

Responsibilities

Assist senior engineers with client discovery and requirements analysis.
Support solution design, PoC setups, and validation.
Create repeatable solution assets and documentation.
Help integrate solutions into broader product roadmaps and GTM assets.
Participate in partner programs and enablement sessions.

Skills

Infrastructure fundamentals

Distributed systems

Cloud concepts

Storage fundamentals

Virtualization

Containers & orchestration

Cloud platforms exposure

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering/CS/IT/Electronics

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Introduction

IBM Infrastructure is a catalyst that makes the world work better because our clients demand it. Heterogeneous environments, the explosion of data, digital automation, and cybersecurity threats require hybrid cloud infrastructure that only IBM can provide. Your ability to be creative, forward-thinking, and focused on meaningful innovation is supported by our growth-minded culture as we continue to drive career development across our teams. Collaboration is key to IBM Infrastructure’s success, as we bring together different business units and teams and balance their priorities in a way that best serves our clients’ needs. IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Introduction

The Mission Of The IBM Storage Solutions Team Is To Engage With Strategic ISV And OEM Partners That Can Advance The IBM Storage Strategy, Expand The Marketability Of The Portfolio, Create Short- And Long-term Alignment Across Solution Roadmaps, And Drive Collaborative Go-to-market Initiatives.

The Team Will

Engage with the entire IBM Storage brand; including product managers, engineers, technologists, researchers, marketers, sellers, and collaborate with technology partners worldwide.
Prioritize and lead strategic client engagements with solutions engineering expertise.
Design, build, and operate a world-class, strategically aligned ISV program.

Our primary intention is to realize measurable, material, incremental business for the Storage product team through joint, in-market solutions with technology partners.

This group is comprised of technology and business professionals who are committed to bringing impactful customer solutions to market based on IBM Storage assets of today and the future. The team will influence our product roadmaps and evangelize everything we have to offer to our partners, clients, and the worldwide market.

Your Role And Responsibilities

The Entry Level Storage Client Solutions Engineer is an early-career technical role designed for highly motivated graduates who want to build deep expertise across modern storage, infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and AI-driven solutions. This is not a quota-carrying sales role. You will work alongside senior engineers, product leaders, and ecosystem partners to support strategic solution design, technical validation, and scalable client engagement.

You will develop into a trusted technical advisor by learning how IBM Storage solutions power hybrid cloud infrastructure for AI, data-intensive AI workloads, next-generation applications, and mission-critical customer environments. This role is an opportunity to grow into a future solutions engineer capable of driving measurable customer outcomes and contributing to IBM’s broader storage and hybrid cloud strategy.

Roles and Responsibilities

Support senior engineers in client discovery, requirements analysis, and early technical qualification.
Participate in client conversations focused on emerging technologies and challenging solution opportunities, providing research, demos, or technical collateral.
Conduct lab validation, proof-of-concept (PoC) setups, solution testing, and basic architectural documentation.
Contribute to the creation of repeatable solution assets, including configuration guides, validation briefs, and internal knowledge articles based on client solutions.
Support the integration of successful client solutions into broader solution roadmaps and go-to-market (GTM) assets.
Assist with operational tasks for partner programs, enablement sessions, ecosystem onboarding, and curated demos.
Support the analysis of solution adoption, customer and partner activity, and technical enablement metrics.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Technical Skills & Knowledge

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Electronics, or a related technical field.
Strong fundamentals in infrastructure, distributed systems, or cloud concepts.
Enterprise storage or SDS fundamentals (IBM Storage, Dell, NetApp, Pure, Ceph, etc.).
Basic knowledge of block, file, and object storage, as well as RAID, snapshots, replication, and performance concepts.
Familiarity with virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper‑V, KVM).
Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker fundamentals).
Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Exposure to data pipelines, AI/ML frameworks, or modern analytics platforms is a plus.
Passion for hybrid cloud, storage, and emerging technologies.

What Makes You a Great Fit

A strong desire to learn new technologies deeply and continuously.
Curiosity and a willingness to ask questions, experiment, and solve challenging problems.
A collaborative, transparent, and “help first” mindset when working with teammates and partners.
An ownership mentality; you follow through, deliver results, and care about impact.
A bias for action and resilience, with the ability to learn through iteration and failure.
Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts in a simple and effective way.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Master’s Degree (technical or business) is a plus.
Relevant internships, academic projects, or certifications (e.g., Kubernetes, cloud associate level certs, storage fundamentals).
Discipline in program managing oneself and others to deliver on objectives
Openness, transparency, and honesty with oneself and others as it pertains to intentions, objectives, plans, and execution
A habit of facing and overcoming difficult technical and business challenges, or failing while putting forth one’s best effort, leaning, and forging on
An innate desire to deeply learn new technologies and customer workloads with a strong understanding of the problems being solved and the business value derived
A bias for action and results, viewing failure as necessary and educational
Taking ownership of one’s tasks, contributing actively to projects and objectives, and understanding the impact of one’s performance on the team’s success
A bias for exercising the principle of charity, interpreting the words and actions of others in the best, strongest, and most rational way possible