Introduction
In this role, you will join IBM Consulting via our world-class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate at IBM Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients worldwide. Our clients’ technical and business needs are constantly evolving. We’re hiring inspired, talented individuals who believe no problem is too big to solve.

We focus on your professional development through ongoing learning, mentorship, development of technical skills, and continuous personal growth, all grounded in a culture of coaching and career advancement. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning and who wants to unleash your potential, the IBM Consulting Associates Program is for you.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions that result in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
At IBM, we know technology. But technology is only as good as the results it delivers. Are you interested and adept in application development methodology and tools? The IBM Client Innovation Centre (CIC): Monroe occupies a unique position in the IT marketplace – at the intersection of business and technology.
In this role, you’ll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ These delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
As a member of our team, you will help IBM clients solve some of their most challenging business problems, capitalize on market opportunities and achieve real value in today’s tough economy.
We’re looking for passionate, original thinkers who want to drive progress, grow their network, and further their careers. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning, who believes no problem is too big to solve, and who wants to unleash their potential, an Associate role is for you.
These positions are anticipated to begin in January 2025.
The requirements are guidelines. If you have transferable skills, we encourage you to apply for this role.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Candidates must:

• Have an Associate’s Degree, College Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree, or Master’s Degree by date of employment
• Be willing and able to live and work in Monroe, with some travel anticipated
• Have a sense of urgency in satisfying project deliverables for client success

Required Professional and Technical Expertise:

• You have the ability to work in an Agile, collaborative environment to understand requirements, code and/or test innovative applications, and/or support those applications for our highly valued customers
• You are great at solving problems, debugging, troubleshooting, and/or implementing solutions to technical issues
• You have basic knowledge or hands on experience in coding with at least one of the following technology areas: C++, C, Java, JavaScript, Angular, React, Python, SQL, ASP .NET
• You have an understanding of the software development life cycle
• You have an understanding of software testing
• Good communication skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with writing test cases (what to test, expected result, steps to test)
• Experience with writing and/or executing test scripts
• Exposure to automated testing software (i.e. Cucumber, Selenium, etc.)