Entry level Data Scientist: Systems Assurance Data Analytics

We are seeking a motivated and talented recent college graduate with a foundation in business data analytics to join our team. This position offers hands-on experience in data science, and systems quality assurance within a collaborative and agile environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for owning critical programs and discovering ways to introduce AI technologies to gain efficiencies and better client quality.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Systems Assurance Data Scientist, you’ll contribute to assuring the quality, availability and reliability of IBM’s industry-leading Server technologies. Responsibilities such as but not limited to:

• Data analytics for:
• IBM Server Systems client impacting field event analysis (repairs, outages).
• System Telemetry data (diagnostics data)
• Client-specific analysis.
• Data visualization for stakeholders (Development, Test, Manufacturing, Client Support… teams) for monitoring, early warning, corrective actions…
• Quality Metrics calculation and validation.
• Provide analytics for surgical field corrective actions.
• Document and drive to closure issues impacting Server Systems quality
• Provide all applicable data analytics to prioritize higher impact (at client) and pervasive events
• Track the application of fixes in the Field
• Manage Quality Targets for all current Servers, subsystems, and parts.

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Experience or coursework in software development, design, or testing
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, agile team environment
• Self-motivated with a growth mindset and eagerness to learn
• Leadership potential and ability to take ownership of tasks
• Exposure to AI coding assistants (e.g., Watsonx Code Assistant)
• Knowledge of basic statistics and data modeling concepts
• Ability to learn and deploy dashboard & visual charts using approved software.

• Computer Science Knowledge:
  Exposure to computer science concepts and applications to analyze business issues and develop analytics solutions.
• Math Foundation:
  Experience working with mathematical techniques to drive business insights and inform decision-making.
• Operations Research Understanding:
  Exposure to operations research principles to optimize business processes and solve complex problems.

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future.

Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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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