2024 Rocket Center CIC Associate Application Developer

Introduction
As an Application Developer you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment.  The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education tools and technology and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!

Your Role and Responsibilities
We’re looking for a real-world problem solver with the technical savvy to make the impossible possible. As an Associate Developer you’ll help design develop and integrate solutions using future-looking technologies techniques and products our clients demand today. You’ll work with clients finding solutions to major challenges by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment.

Work you could do as a Application Developer:

• Define detail and scope the technical requirements into solution architecture and drive an independent project from an architectural standpoint
• Translate software requirements into working and maintainable solutions within the existing application frameworks
• Design develop and/or re-engineer application components and integrate software packages programs and reusable objects residing on multiple platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specifications for projects that may involve generative AI
• Document technical specifications system architecture and design decisions for projects that may involve generative AI ensuring clear communication within the team and stakeholders
• Build reusable code that scales and maintain code quality
• Use IBM’s Design Thinking to create products that provide a great user experience along with high performance security quality and stability
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems
• Support Code Review process / tools troubleshooting performance tuning
• Help maintain and improve code quality organization and automatization
• Design and code servers services applications and databases that are reusable scalable and meet critical architecture goals
• Create Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are clean well-documented and easy to use
• Work with a variety of relational and NoSQL databases (SQL Postgres DB2 MongoDB) operating systems (Linux Windows iOS Android) and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js AngularJS React.js Ember.js Bootstrap and JQuery
• Work across the entire system architecture from backend to front end to design develop and support high quality and scalable products
• Create everything from mockups and UI components to algorithms and data structures as you deliver a complete minimally viable product
• Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting – Federal.
• A bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of expertise.
• Familiarity with Spring Boot and/or .Net frameworks
• Exposure to deploying applications with container technology like Docker and container orchestration technology like Kubernetes or RedHat OpenShift is highly desired
• Familiarity with web markup languages including HTML5 CSS3
• Strong interpersonal skills written and verbal communication skills
• Ability and drive to learn
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with 1 of the following (Java JavaScript C++ and Python) as well as systems design/development and information technology course work
• Ability to thrive in an ever changing technology based consulting environment using agile development techniques
• Exposure to web services API and multiple Java application frameworks highly desired
• Willingness to travel up to 60%.
• Willingness to relocate within 50 miles of Rocket Center WV (Outside of Cumberland MD 21502)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in Scala R SAS SQL Hadoop HTML SPSS VBA Tableau Spark Angular and ReactJS
• Familiar with twelve-factor cloud design principles
• Exposure to technologies such as DevOps tools and techniques such as OpenShift Jenkins Chef Ansible Terraform and or Agile.
• Familiarity with Microservices architecture and infrastructure concepts
• Exposure to generative AI modelling ethics and methodologies
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure IBM Cloud and Google Cloud
• Exposure to SAP Salesforce RPA Oracle and Appian a plus
• Knowledge of database development on platform like PostgreSQL MySQL Oracle
• Exposure of best practices around design patterns performance tuning automated and unit testing
• Proficiency in working with Git repositories for version control and collaborative development