Storage Client Solutions Engineer

IntroductionAt IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability, our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesThe Entry Level Storage Client Solutions Engineer is an early-career technical role designed for highly motivated graduates who want to build deep expertise across modern storage, infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and AI-driven solutions. This is not a quota-carrying sales role. You will work alongside senior engineers, product leaders, and ecosystem partners to support strategic solution design, technical validation, and scalable client engagement. You will develop into a trusted technical advisor by learning how IBM Storage solutions power hybrid cloud infrastructure for AI, data-intensive AI workloads, next-generation applications, and mission-critical customer environments. This role is an opportunity to grow into a future solutions engineer capable of driving measurable customer outcomes and contributing to IBM's broader storage and hybrid cloud strategy.Roles and ResponsibilitiesSupport senior engineers in client discovery, requirement analysis, and early technical qualificationParticipate in conversations with clients on emerging technologies and challenging solution opportunities, providing research, demos, or technical collateralConduct lab validation, PoC setups, solution testing, and basic architectural documentationContribute to the creation of repeatable solution assets, including configuration guides, validation briefs, and internal knowledge articles based on the client solutionsSupport integration of successful client solutions into broader solutions roadmaps and GTM assetsAssist with operational tasks for partner programs, enablement sessions, ecosystem onboarding, and curated demosSupport analysis of solution adoption, customer/partner activity, and technical enablement metricsPreferred EducationMaster's DegreeRequired Technical and Professional ExpertiseEnterprise storage or SDS fundamentals (IBM Storage, Dell, NetApp, Pure, Ceph, etc.)Basics of block, file, object, RAID, snapshots, replication, and performance conceptsVirtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)Containers and orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker fundamentals)Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)Exposure to data pipelines, AI/ML frameworks, or modern analytics platforms is a plusWhat Makes You a Great FitA strong desire to learn new technologies deeply and continuouslyCuriosity and willingness to ask questions, experiment, and solve challenging problemsCollaboration, transparency, and a help first mindset with teammates and partnersOwnership mentality: you follow through, deliver, and care about impactA bias for action and resilience—comfortable learning through iteration and failureClear communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts simplyPreferred Technical and Professional ExperienceDiscipline in program managing oneself and others to deliver on objectivesOpenness, transparency, and honesty with oneself and others as it pertains to intentions, objectives, plans, and executionA habit of facing and overcoming difficult technical and business challenges, or failing while putting forth one's best effort, leaning, and forging onAn innate desire to deeply learn new technologies and customer workloads, with a strong understanding of the problems being solved and the business value derivedA bias for action and results, viewing failure as necessary and educationalTaking ownership of one's tasks, contributing actively to projects and objectives, and understanding the impact of one's performance on the team's successA bias for exercising the principle of charity, interpreting the words and actions of others in the best, strongest, and most rational way possibleJ-18808-Ljbffr