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Solution Architect Intern - AI Focus (4 months)

IBM

IBM

Software Engineering, IT, Data Science
Markham, ON, Canada
Posted on Feb 20, 2026
Introduction

At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you’ll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that’s passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.

Your role and responsibilities

Working with a worldwide team of Solution Architects who design and build architectural solutions for real-world problems across all industries. The output is the blueprint for implementations that meet specific business needs. Primary responsibilities include providing strategic guidance during the development process, making technical decisions regarding solutions, and explaining their impact on the organization.

This role involves designing and delivering materials that support this process, including blueprint documentation highlighting repeatable architectural solutions. The focus includes AI, Agentic AI, and their role in future deliverables across the Automation Portfolio, as well as related areas such as Data, Sustainability, and Security.

You will collaborate with engineers to contribute to a library of reusable materials in the form of whitepapers, assets, and accelerators.

Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Proficiency in Java and familiarity with enterprise-level software development.
  • Solid understanding of architectural design principles and solution blueprinting.
  • Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Familiarity with AI technologies, including Agentic AI, and their integration into enterprise products.
  • Knowledge of data architecture, sustainability practices, and security frameworks.
  • Experience collaborating with engineering teams to develop reusable assets (e.g., whitepapers, accelerators).
  • Strong communication skills to explain technical decisions and their business impact.
  • Ability to work in a global, cross-functional team environment.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Familiarity with automation tools and platforms.
  • Background in developing or contributing to technical libraries or repositories.
  • Experience with technical writing and producing architectural documentation.
  • Exposure to sustainability and green IT initiatives.
  • Knowledge of security compliance standards (e.g., ISO, NIST).
  • Experience with data governance and ethical AI practices.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

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

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship. For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.