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San Francisco, CA Full Time Posted by: IBM Posted: Tuesday, 27 January 2026
 
 
Introduction

In this role, you will join IBM Consulting via our world-class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate Consultant 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.

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.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As an Associate Consultant at IBM, you will help IBM clients solve some of their most challenging business problems, capitalize on market opportunities, and understand leading technologies and the impact they can have on traditional business processes.

In This Role, You May Be Responsible For
  • Learning and adopting consulting skills and business knowledge to effectively integrate packaged technology into the client's business environment.
  • Translating client's business needs into business requirements and participating in the production of solutions to drive business value.
  • Working with clients to refine or design their business strategy while working in an agile collaborative environment.
Locations
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Austin, TX
  • Chicago, Il
  • Dallas, TX
  • Houston, TX
  • NYC, NY
  • Reston, VA
  • San Francisco, CA
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise
  • Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with 1 of the following (Java, C+, Python, Scala, R, SAS, SQL, Hadoop, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, Spark, Angular, ReactJS), as well as systems design/development, and information technology course work
  • Exposure to web services, API and Java application frameworks such as Springboot
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical solution
  • Familiarity with generative AI modeling, ethics, and methodologies
  • Familiarity with Microservices architecture, infrastructure concepts and cloud platforms AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud
  • Willingness to travel up to 100%
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
  • Preferred Majors: MIS, CS, Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Human Resources, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Economics, User experience design, Web development,
  • Have flexibility to work across architecture - building both Front End and backend
  • Help maintain and improve code quality, organization, and automatization
  • Communicate with stakeholders on technical issues Design and code servers, services, applications and databases on platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle that are reusable, scalable and meet critical architecture goals.
  • Aptitude for efficient workflow processes and/or domain specific experience (customer employee or IAT) business rules
  • Understanding of ITIL for IT workflow areas
  • Certifications: Oracle Academy, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Foundations, Oracle Cloud ERP/HCM/SCM certifications
  • Experience: ERP/system implementation projects, database coursework, cloud projects using OCI/Oracle Cloud, internships, or capstone projects
  • Skills/Tech: SQL/PLSQL, cloud basics, integration patterns (REST/SOAP APIs), data migration tools (FBDI, HDL), reporting tools (OTBI, BI Publisher), data visualization (Tableau, Power BI)
  • Demonstrated business process knowledge (ERP, HCM, SCM) and client interaction experience (eg, internships, consulting clubs, presentations)
  • Working with a variety of relational databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoCB) operating systems (Linux,
  • Windows, iOS, Android), and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS,React, Ember.js, Bootstrap and JQuery)
San Francisco, CA, United States of America
IT
IBM
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