Quantum Infrastructure Intern 2027 SRE

IBM

Town of Yorktown (NY)

On-site

USD 91,000 - 166,000

Part time

8 days ago

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Job summary

IBM Quantum seeks a Site Reliability Engineer intern to help ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of IBM Quantum systems, applications, and research platforms in Yorktown Heights, NY.

You will work with security, infrastructure engineers, and operations teams to monitor health, troubleshoot production issues, and automate tasks, gaining hands-on experience with cloud tech, observability, and IaC practices.

Qualifications

Currently pursuing a degree in a related field.
Experience in programming Java.
Experience in programming Python, including pandas, NumPy.
Understanding of data structures in software applications.
Experience with software tools such as VS Code, Jupyter notebooks, Git.
Understanding of linear algebra, probability, statistics.

Responsibilities

Ensure reliability, availability, and performance of software systems.
Monitor system health and troubleshoot production issues.
Automate operational tasks and maintain scalable environments.
Collaborate with security, infrastructure and operations teams.

Skills

Java

Python

Data structures

VS Code

Git

Jupyter notebooks

Pandas

NumPy

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Cloud basics

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jupyter notebooks

Git

VS Code

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Introduction

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 Site Reliability Engineer intern with IBM Quantum, you will help ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of software systems that support IBM Quantum systems, applications, and research platforms. In this role, you will work closely with security experts, infrastructure engineers, and operations teams to monitor system health, troubleshoot production issues, automate operational tasks, and maintain stable, scalable environments. You will gain hands‑on experience with cloud technologies, automation, observability, and site reliability engineering practices while contributing to the advancement of quantum computing technologies.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Currently pursuing a degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Experince in programing Java
Experince in programing Python, including pandas, NumPy
Understanding of data structures in software applications
Experience with software tools such as VS Code, Jupyter notebooks, Git
Understanding of linear algebra, probability, statistics

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
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.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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.

Job Title

Quantum Infrastructure Intern 2027 - SRE

Date posted

22-Sep-2026

Job ID

133504

City / Township / Village

Yorktown Heights

State / Province

New York

Country

United States