Technical Consultant-Intern

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.Your Role and Responsibilities
We’re looking for a real-world problem solver with the technical savvy to make the impossible, possible. As an Associate Application Architect, you’ll help design applications required to automate business processes.You’ll work with clients and help meet their business needs and define best practices in the critical evaluation and selection and/or development of the software components and hardware requirements of the applications and data, and the development of the application, including evaluation and selection of development methods, development processes, best practices, and tools.Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Define best practices in the critical evaluation and selection and/or development of the software and hardware requirements of the applications and data, as well as the development of the application
• Establish the general structure of each architectural view, the decomposition of the view, the grouping of elements and the interfaces between these main groupings
• Lead the transformation of applications from dedicated platform, proprietary language, and no development operations to cloud-based, general-purpose language and using continuous integration and delivery
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specifications for projects that may involve generative AI
• Document technical specifications, system architecture, and design decisions for projects that may involve generative AI, ensuring clear communication within the team and stakeholders
• Build reusable code that scales and maintain code quality
• Use IBM’s Design Thinking to create products that provide a great user experience along with high performance, security, quality, and stability
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Support Code Review process / tools, troubleshooting, performance tuning
• Help maintain and improve code quality, organization, and automatization
• Design and code servers, services, applications, and databases that are reusable, scalable and meet critical architecture goals
• Create Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are clean, well-documented, and easy to use
• Work with a variety of relational and NoSQL databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoDB), operating systems (Linux, Windows, iOS, Android), and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS, React.js, Ember.js, Bootstrap, and JQuery
• Work across the entire system architecture, from backend to front end, to design, develop, and support high quality and scalable products
• Create everything from mockups and UI components to algorithms and data structures as you deliver a complete minimally viable product

Duration: 6 months, full-time based in either our Perth office
Study backgrounds: All degrees welcomed
To be eligible to apply:
Intern applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Have Australian citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency or Unrestricted Working Rights (Visa)
• You will be enrolled in a tertiary degree at University in Australia – for the duration of the internship program
• Have no more than 2 years relevant work experience

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with Microservices architecture and infrastructure concepts
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud
• Familiarity with Springboot and .Net frameworks
• Proficiency in working with Git repositories for version control and collaborative development