Federal Associate Consultant - Migration and Modernziation

Federal Associate Consultant – Migration and Modernisation

Join IBM Consulting via our world‑class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate Developer at IBM Consulting – Federal, you will work with a diverse range of clients worldwide, improving the hybrid cloud and AI journey for innovative companies. Your role will include professional development through ongoing learning, mentorship, and continuous personal growth.

• 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

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• Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with 1 of the following:
  Java, C++, Python, Scala, R, SAS, SQL, Hadoop, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, Spark, Angular, React
  
  JS, as well as systems design/development and IT coursework
• Exposure to web services, API and Java application frameworks such as Springboot
• Ability to translate business requirements into a 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
• 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

Additional Information

• 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.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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