Federal Associate Consultant - Migration and Modernziation

Federal Associate Consultant - Migration and Modernization

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In this role, you will join IBM Consulting via our world‑class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate Developer at IBM Consulting‑Federal, 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, including Software and Red Hat.

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.

• Working across the entire system architecture to design, develop, and support high quality, scalable products and interfaces for our clients.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specifications for generative AI projects.
• Employ IBM’s Design Thinking to create products that provide a great user experience along with high performance, security, quality, and stability.
• Working with a variety of relational databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, Mongo
  
  DB), operating systems (Linux, Windows, iOS, Android), and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, Angular
  
  JS, React, Ember.js, Bootstrap, and JQuery).
• Creating everything from mock‑ups and UI components to algorithms and data structures as you deliver a viable product.

These positions are anticipated to start in Summer 2026. This role requires candidates to work on‑site 5 days a week at Houston, Texas. Candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting‑Federal.

• Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with one of the following:
  Java, C++, Python, Scala, R, SAS, SQL, Hadoop, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, Spark, Angular, React
  
  JS, in addition to systems design/development and information technology coursework.
• Exposure to web services, API and Java application frameworks such as Springboot.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Familiarity with generative AI modeling, ethics, and methodologies.
• Familiarity with Microservices architecture, infrastructure concepts and cloud platforms AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud.
• Up to 100% travel.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance from the US federal government.

• Have flexibility to work across architecture – building both front‑end and back‑end.
• Help maintain and improve code quality, organization, and automation.
• Communicate with stakeholders on technical issues; design and code servers, services, applications and databases on platforms such as Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL and Oracle that are reusable, scalable and meet critical architecture goals.
• Proficiency in working with Git repositories for version control and collaborative development.

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level.

Employment type:

Full‑time. Job function:
Information Technology. Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting.

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