2024 Rocket Center Client Innovation Center Associate

Introduction
In this role you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers) where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Upon joining IBM our Application Developer new hires will have the opportunity to specialize in one of the following roles. Our leadership team will work with you to assess your skills and desires among the roles as well as the current role needs to assess your best fit. You could be hired to work in one of the following roles:

Application Developer – As an Associate Application Developer you will help design develop and integrate solutions using best practice technologies tools techniques and products our clients demand today such as Java JavaScript Python and C#. You’ll work with clients co-creating solutions to major real-world challenges by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment.

Application Specialist – As an Associate Application Specialist you’ll help ensure clients’ applications are optimized and running smoothly. You’ll gain experience in DevOps tools and techniques such as OpenShift Jenkins Chef Ansible Terraform Agile and many more. You’ll gain in-depth knowledge of cloud platforms such as IBM Cloud AWS and Azure. Our application specialists are key specialists on our projects supporting both their peers and clients to meet critical milestones and accomplish our clients’ mission.

Package Specialist – As an Associate Package Specialist you’ll help clients in the selection implementation and production support of application packaged solutions. You’ll gain in-depth consulting skills business knowledge and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment such as SAP Salesforce RPA Oracle Applications and Appian. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client results and become the expert you want to be.

Test Specialist – As an Associate Test Specialist at IBM your analytical and technical skills will play a critical role and directly impact the quality of the software we create. Come work in an agile environment where you will contribute to your team allowing each iteration to reach the next level. Whether the testing is manual automated or cognitive you hold a key role in releasing the best deliverables to our clients and IBM alike.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting – Federal have the willingness to travel up to 60% or 3 days a week based on project needs and have the willingness to relocate to Rocket Center WV (Outside of Cumberland MD 21502)
• Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with one of the following (Java JavaScript C++ and Python) for Developers
• Exposure to in Scala R SAS SQL Hadoop HTML SPSS VBA Tableau Spark Angular and ReactJS SAP Oracle RPA Appian and/or Salesforce

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
• Exposure to deploying applications with container technology like Docker and container orchestration technology like Kubernetes or RedHat OpenShift is highly desired
• Exposure to web services API and multiple Java application frameworks highly desired
• Familiar with twelve-factor cloud design principles
• Exposure to technologies such as DevOps tools and techniques such as OpenShift Jenkins Chef Ansible and/or Terraform
• 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
• Knowledge of database development on platform like PostgreSQL MySQL Oracle
• Proficiency in working with Git repositories for version control and collaborative development
• Familiarity with Spring Boot and/or .Net frameworks