Data Scientist Intern (4 month term - Toronto or Montreal)

Our team is looking for candidates with exceptional technical aptitude, a passion for applied data science, and an interest in telling stories through data to solve real world business problems.

The successful candidate will join a fast-paced consulting team, composed of Partners, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Architects and Software Engineers to conceptualize, develop and deploy machine learning solutions to solve enterprise-scale problems. As a team, we pride ourselves on tackling some of the most difficult challenges our clients face by bringing together subject matter expertise, data science, and technical execution.

As an intern Data Scientist, you'll have the unique opportunity to learn and use industry leading data science technologies on a cloud platform (e.g. IBM Cloud, Azure) by working on innovative projects that generate value for external client engagements or internal initiatives.

Candidates considered for a Quebec position must be fluent in French.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Demonstrated familiarity or interest in machine learning, statistical analysis, or data mining through previous internships, personal/ academic projects, hackathons, and/or publications. Experience with one or more scripting languages (Python preferred), or a proven computer science foundation. Able to confidently communicate ideas to an audience of peers/managers, comfortable and effective in working independently and as a member of a cross-functional team.

Skill sets we are looking for may include:

• AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform (GCP) / IBM Cloud / On-Premises

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation

• Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, GKE, RedHat OpenShift

• Jenkins, Tekton, GitOps, ArgoCD

• Containerization, Docker, Podman

• Configuration Management, Ansible, Chef, Helm

• Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, DataDog, Instana, LogDNA, SysDig

• Version Control: Git, GitOps

• DevSecOps: JFROG, Nexus, Container Registry, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning (AI/ML)

• AI frameworks, OpenAI, Hugging Face, TensorFlow

• Large Language Models (LLM), LLMOps , MLOps, NLP, GitHub Co-pilot.

• Scripting: bash, python, groovy, shell, go

• Network: Fortigate, VPC, VPN, Gateway, Security Groups, Subnets, Routing Tables

• Cloud Security and Compliance

• Research, Problem Solving, Communication Skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

Minimum one work term in a data science or machine learning related role. Experience using machine-learning/data science libraries in python (scikit-learn, SciPy, pandas, TensorFlow). General familiarity with databases and data-engineering tools (SQL, Spark).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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.

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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 50 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 qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

This role is posted for a potential future opportunity only. There is no existing vacancy for this role. Although we don't have an immediate opening, we value proactive candidates like yourself who are interested in a future career with IBM. We will keep your application on file for the next 90 days and contact you if a suitable opportunity arises or if your application has expired during that period.