Quantum Infrastructure Intern 2027 - Platform Automation

IBM; Town of Yorktown (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Stock Purchase Plan

Family medical leave

Disability benefits

Job summary

IBM Research is seeking a Platform Engineer intern to design and build tooling that automates provisioning, configuration, and deployment of infrastructure using infrastructure as code tools. You will help create CI/CD pipelines and supporting software to enable other teams to deploy and operate infrastructure reliably.

Candidates should be pursuing a degree in CS/SE or related field, with basic Python/Go skills, cloud knowledge, and familiarity with containers and Git.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Basic proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or Go.
• Foundational knowledge of cloud computing concepts (AWS, Azure, GCP, or IBM Cloud).
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code concepts or tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Basic understanding of version control practices using Git.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated software delivery.
• Basic understanding of containers (e.g., Docker) and how they're used in modern software deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and build tooling and automation frameworks for infrastructure operations.
• Codify provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes using infrastructure as code tools.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline code and infrastructure changes.
• Enable other teams to deploy and operate infrastructure reliably and consistently.

Skills

Python

Go

CI/CD

Git

Containers

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

As part of Quantum Operations, our mission is to build, maintain, and continuously elevate the foundational environment that enables the development and delivery of our Quantum solutions to customers. Our team brings together expertise across Security, Infrastructure, Reliability, Testing, and Performance to ensure our platform remains robust, scalable, and secure.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Platform Engineer, you will design and build the tooling and automation frameworks that make infrastructure operations easy, deterministic, and repeatable — codifying provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes using infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform. Rather than managing infrastructure directly, your focus will be on creating the software and pipelines that allow other teams to deploy and operate infrastructure reliably and consistently, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that streamline how code and infrastructure changes move through our environments.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Basic proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or Go
• Foundational knowledge of cloud computing concepts (AWS, Azure, GCP, or IBM Cloud), gained through coursework or personal projects
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code concepts or tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Basic understanding of version control practices using Git
• Familiarity with the concept of CI/CD pipelines and automated software delivery
• Basic understanding of containers (e.g., Docker) and how they're used in modern software deployment

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies
• Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
• Practical experience deploying and operating workloads on a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP, or IBM Cloud)
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.