Internship | Technical Scholar Program | Clearwater, FL

About the Role:

The primary role of the Technical Scholar is to guide our resellers through the TD SYNNEX ecosystem while providing presales design consultation specific to AI technologies. This is a part‑time, hybrid position for current students
, requiring approximately 60% in‑office work at our Clearwater, FL location
.

Technical Scholars will need to understand current technologies, including modernized cloud, security, data center, and networking, to provide product recommendations, create Bills of Materials, scope projects, and give licensing information on products not supported by the existing Pre‑Sales Sales Engineering team.

Candidates must be currently pursuing a degree in a technical field and able to work part time while completing their studies. In addition to core support responsibilities, Technical Scholars will participate in product demonstrations in our lab and work on projects with assigned personal mentors across various technical disciplines. These Tech Scholars may also collaborate in teams on specific AI projects.

This role serves as an entry point for potential full‑time employment upon graduation, helping build a strong early‑career talent pipeline and preparing students for a variety of functional roles within TD SYNNEX.

• Consult and advise customers and end‑users, primarily at a technical level.
• Design and configure appropriate technical solutions for customers focused on modern infrastructure and AI technologies.
• Leverage internal groups including AI product management staff to optimize sales opportunities and keep up with the latest AI technologies, projects and products offered through TD SYNNEX.
• Clearly and accurately document AI customer calls in a JIRA activity tracking database.
• Work in groups and help develop AI or similar use cases, put them in practice, and demo to Product teams, customers and vendors.

• Entry Level (0 to 1 year of relevant work experience)
• Some college required.
• Senior year Bachelor’s student in an AI or related role.
• Ability to work in a team environment and handle varying levels of expertise.
• Awareness of tools such as Python, containers, Git, Shell Scripting, LLM solutions, Retrieval Augmented Generation, Data Science project work, Pandas, Tensor Flow, Scikit‑learn and CUDA. Knowledge of web development frameworks such as Flask, FastAPI, React.js along with Cloud fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and vector databases & embeddings (ChromaDB).
• Able to execute instructions and request clarification when needed.
• Able to use common office equipment.
• Strong data entry skills.
• Proficient in complex mathematical calculations.
• Demonstrates complex problem solving, critical thinking and decision‑making.
• Attends to important details with accuracy and efficiency.
• Communicates effectively in English and other local/regional languages.
• Creates and conducts formal presentations.
• Interacts effectively with high levels of management.
• Negotiates skillfully and promotes/sells ideas persuasively.
• Collaborates effectively with diverse identities.
• Displays leadership, willingness to lead, create new ideas and assertiveness.
• Organized, time‑management skills driving tasks to completion.
• Adaptable to change and requirements.
• Maintains social, ethical and organizational standards in business activities.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Multi‑tasks effectively.
• Builds solid, effective working relationships.
• Shows sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings.
• Quickly learns/adapts to new systems and technology.
• Uses relevant computer systems and applications at a basic level.
• Uses relevant computer systems and applications at an intermediate level.
• Uses relevant computer systems and applications at an advanced level.
• Stays aware and alert while performing work.

• Work around class schedules.
• Professional office environment located in Clearwater, FL
  .
• Hybrid schedule (
  40% remote / 60% in‑office
  ).

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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