IBM Federal Associate Technical Specialist 

United States, District of Columbia, Washington 

696034535

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 Responsibilities

Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. As an Associate Infrastructure Specialist, you’ll be responsible for keeping up with the latest changes, using your expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our clients and products. In your role you may be responsible for:

• Define, analyze and review technical architecture on required platform and coming up with architecture options and recommendations
• Define, detail, and scope the technical requirements into solutions
• Work across key activities in configuration, systems management tools and backup and recovery
• Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance

The below requirements are a guideline. If you have transferable skills we encourage you to apply to this role.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting-Federal
• Ability to thrive in an ever-changing, technology-based Consulting environment
• Ability to work both analytically using data and systems with a logical sequence to complex tasks
• Possess a strong operational knowledge of applicable operating systems, application programs, system diagnostics and remote support structure
• Familiarity with various cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, IBM, Google, Alibaba, Oracle and with cloud computing concepts
• Exposure to basic AI concepts, ethics, and methodologies

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Exposure to basic data science concepts
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines, while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands
• Ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply by listening actively and conveying difficult messages in a positive manner