Locations: New York | Dallas

Who We Are

BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale. 

About BCG Platinion

 

BCG Platinion’s presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

What You'll Do

As a Platinion IT Architect intern, you will collaborate on interdisciplinary teams of designers, engineers, researchers, technical experts, and consultants to develop leading IT concepts and architectural solutions. In this role, you will apply your sound technical know-how, understanding of business contexts, and analytical skills to enable organizations to technically transform.  
 
IT Architect Interns at BCG Platinion are: 

Technical experts. They are critical thinkers and have extensive IT expertise that drives novel solutions routed in complexity.​Comfortable with ambiguity. They know the path forward isn’t always well-defined. They are comfortable and confident working through the unknown.​Change agents. They know how to make change happen across an organization. They can align and onboard teams to implement new processes and toolsets. They embrace complex challenges and guide an organization to optimize IT best practices.​Agile advocates. They are well-versed in agile methodologies and use their expertise to strategically tackle difficult challenges and implement change.​Collaborative. They are interdisciplinary team players who seek alignment and establish relationships ranging from cross-functional stakeholder groups to existing teams.​Innovative. They are creative thinkers who apply their deep IT architecture expertise to envision novel design patterns for the next generation of technology solutions.​Knowledgeable. They have a sophisticated understanding of IT Architecture, acting as a viable resource on teams as both a hands-on practitioner and subject matter expert. 

You’re good at several of the below: 

Solution, application, and enterprise architecture, including business capability mapping​

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, …), multi-cloud approaches, and cloud cost optimization (FinOps)​

Data lifecycle, governance, quality, lineage, and modern data platforms (Data Lake, Warehouse, Lakehouse)​

Integration and application modernization (APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns, legacy-to-cloud migration)​

Data analytics, AI and GenAI architecture, and their role in business transformation​

Restructuring IT processes and supporting IT functions during major transformations, including M&A​

Evaluating and optimizing IT and software architecture, reviewing technical architecture/code​

Designing feasibility studies, proofs of concept, and IT implementation​

Process automation, DevOps/AIOps, awareness of cybersecurity and compliance​

Analyzing complex IT landscapes and identifying opportunities for optimization and modernization​

Communicating technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences and collaborating in agile teams

What You'll Bring

Master's degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, business management, engineering management or system controls & engineering or a related field   Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027  Ideally 2+ years of professional experience in technology consulting or software engineering with a year in architecture discipline  Superior technical knowledge, engineering rigor, and creative problem-solving  Ability to explain complex technology topics to executives   A growth and learning mindset and desire to keep up to date on the latest technology and tools   Willingness to travel to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of project  Technical expertise and knowledge in one or more of the following areas:Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and concepts such as cloud-native services, FinOps (cloud cost optimization), IaaS, PaaS and SaaS​Awareness of data platforms and patterns (Data Lake, Lakehouse, Warehouse)​Introductory knowledge of data ingestion pipelines, and data governance principles (quality, lineage, compliance)​Interest in AI and GenAI applications in enterprise architecture​Cloud native applications and cloud services architecture  ​Omnichannel architecture ​Familiarity with modern integration approaches (APIs, event-driven, microservices)​Structured and unstructured databases and usage patterns ​Programming paradigms and approaches (e.g. object-oriented) ​Process automation approaches and tooling (e.g. DevOps, AIOps)​Experience in agile engineering and tooling support  An agile mindset that moves past blockers and a vision to iteratively migrate to the next/modern set of architecture capabilities with a lens of business benefits/value 

Additional info

Our timeline: Applications are due at 8PM ET on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. You will be asked to complete a video cover letter to complete your application. Details will be sent via email on a rolling basis (usually within a week of submitting your application).  
 
Locations: New York, NY; Dallas, TX 
 
- Please note this program is evaluative, and interns have the opportunity to receive full-time offers. Our internship program operates in an 'office hub' model. If you receive a full-time offer, you can request a different office location outside of these summer hubs; the expected offices for a Platinion IT Architect full-time offer include New York City, NY, Dallas, TX, Brooklyn, NY, Chicago, IL, Austin, TX, Washington, D.C., and Denver, CO.  

FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.  

 
The first-year base compensation for this role is between $110,000 - $120,000 USD. 
 
For Full Time Employees, BCG offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, mental health offerings, a generous retirement program, financial guidance, paid time off, and more. 

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.\n
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