**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 - 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. **Your role and responsibilities** As an Associate Package Specialist, you'll help clients with the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You will take your foundational development skills combined with your knowledge of data and the experience you will gain in deep consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients' business environment such as SAP, Salesforce, RPA, Oracle Applications, and Appian. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client results and become the expert you want to be. * Work with a variety of relational and NoSQL databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoDB), operating systems (Linux, Windows, iOS, Android), and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS, React.js, Ember.js, Bootstrap, and JQuery). * Work across the entire system architecture, from backend to front end, to design, develop, and support high quality and scalable products. * Create everything from mockups and UI components to algorithms and data structures as you deliver a complete minimally viable product. * Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance. * Exposure to ChatGPT, CoPilot, and software application such as Salesforce, RPA, Appian, Oracle, and SAP. This role requires candidates to work on-site 5 days a week in the Rocket Center, West Virginia office. Must live within 50 miles of Rocket Center, WV. These positions are anticipated to begin in Summer 2026. Candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Consulting-Federal The below requirements are guidelines. If you have transferable skills, we encourage you to apply for this role. **Required technical and professional expertise** * Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance while in IBM Federal Consulting * Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills * Familiarity with web markup languages, including HTML5, CSS3 * Ability to thrive in an ever changing, technology based consulting environment, using agile development techniques * Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with one of the following: Java, JavaScript, C++ and Python * Willingness to travel up to 100% of the time. **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Exposure to technologies such as DevOps tools and techniques such as OpenShift, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, and/or Terraform * Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud * Exposure to generative AI modelling, ethics, and methodologies * Exposure to best practices around design patterns, performance tuning, automated and unit testing * Exposure to in Scala, R, SAS, SQL, Hadoop, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, Spark, Angular, and ReactJS IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.