DevOps Developer Co-op: 2025
IBM
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
You will participate in many aspects of the software development lifecycle, such as design, code implementation, testing, and support. You will work to create software that is of high quality and meets our clients’ needs. You will also have the opportunity to become a contributor within Open Source communities across multiple disciplines.
In your role, you will be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for the wider business, our external clients, & their customers. Our culture of flexibility and freedom are pillars that embrace long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that highlights your unique skills and experience.
As a DevOps Developer Co-op, you will:
- Work in an agile, collaborative environment to build, configure, and maintain systems, which may include software installations, updates, and core services.
- Cross and merge the barriers that exist between software development, testing and operations teams and keep existing networks in mind as they design, plan and test.
- Work with development teams to enable a continuous integration environment that sustains high productivity levels and emphasizes defect prevention techniques.
- Design and develop industry impacting services using open source and commercial technologies at scale
- Manage and allocate tools, accelerators, frameworks, templates, and other assets related to engineering productivity and quality that enable service delivery
- Highly motivated and have a passion for creating and supporting great products.
- Thrive on collaboration, working side by side with people of all backgrounds and disciplines, and you have very strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Great at solving problems, troubleshooting, designing, and implementing solutions to complex technical issues.
- You have a basic understanding of software development and programming languages.
- You will have the ability to learn new skills quickly and use the skills efficiently.
- TUCSON – AZ
- SAN JOSE – CA
- ROCHESTER – MN
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Basic knowledge in Python, Java, Jenkins, Docker, Bash, and Kubernetes
- Familiarity in Linux fundamentals and scripting
- Basic knowledge of git and git workflows
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- 3 months experience programming in Java or Python
- 3 months experience with containers (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
