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.
Your Role and ResponsibilitiesIn 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.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 by date of employment
- Be willing and able to live and work in Lansing, Michigan, with some travel anticipated
- Have a sense of urgency in satisfying project deliverables for client success
- 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 like Cucumber, Selenium, CTD, Test Design
- Exposure to Java fundamentals
Required Professional and TechnicalExpertise:- You have the ability to work in an Agile, collaborative environment to understand requirements, test innovative applications, and/or support those applications for our highly valued customers
- You have an understanding of software testing
- You have exposure to executing/running test cases
- You are great at solving problems, debugging, troubleshooting, and/or giving in depth feedback from testing results (pass/fail with supporting details including documentation on how to recreate the issue)
- You have an understanding of the software development life cycle
- Good communication skills
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise:
- Exposure to Agile methodology
- Exposure to Jira