Solution Architect Intern - Entry Level Sales Program 2027

IBM; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of complex AI-enabled solutions. You will work with clients from requirements gathering through implementation, ensuring high-quality, scalable outcomes.

You will apply AI technologies including agentic AI and LLM-based approaches, influence decision-making, and guide workshops on best practices, governance, and risk management throughout the solution lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Background in LLM AI models and platforms (e.g. watsonx.ai).
• Experience with conversational and agentic AI.
• Background in software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing solution architecture from requirements through implementation.
• Apply AI solutions to address business needs and technical requirements.
• Guide customers in building agentic AI applications and prompt-engineering best practices.
• Participate in workshops to explain advantages and best practices for Agentic AI.

Skills

LLM AI models experience

Conversational AI experience

Software development

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

watsonx.ai

Job description

Introduction

At IBM, Solution Architects work to understand needs and then create complex high-quality solutions that make meaningful impact. You’ll be responsible for overall leadership and delivery of the solutions from requirement gathering through implementation.

Introduction

At IBM, Solution Architects work to understand needs and then create complex high-quality solutions that make meaningful impact. You’ll be responsible for overall leadership and delivery of the solutions from requirement gathering through implementation.

You’ll use your in-depth knowledge of leading-edge products and technologies along with industry and business skills to influence outcomes

Your Role And Responsibilities

The Solution Architect is responsible for working closely with customers to understand mission-critical company directives and develop technical solutions to support the business needs and technical requirements, then apply AI solutions to address the needs.

This role is specifically required to use a mix of consultative skills, technical expertise, and the latest IBM AI software to guide customers in building solutions involving agentic AI.

This Includes

• Reviewing customers’ environment to ensure it meets all pre-requisites
• Helping define customers’ Agentic AI use cases
• Helping assess customers Agentic AI application requirements
• Assisting customers with designing and implementing Agentic AI applications Throughout the solutioning process, the Solution Architect will participate in workshops to help customers understand advantages of proposed solutions and best practice approaches to Agentic AI including prompt-engineering, chatbot development, and search/information retrieval.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Background (courses or work experience) in LLM AI models and platforms (e.g. watsonx.ai).
• Background (courses or work experience) with conversational and agentic AI
• Background (courses or work experience) with software development.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Skills with Data Science and traditional AI/ML modeling evaluation (classification, regression)
• Understanding of AI Governance.
• Experience in solution architectures.