IBM Global Business Services (GBS) is looking for innovative, hardworking individuals interested in a career in consulting for our selective Early ID Mentorship program.
This yearlong mentorship program includes one-on-one career coaching with IBM Consultants, networking opportunities, and private informational sessions about IBM and Global Business Services including:
- Introduction to Careers in Consulting
- IBM Early Professional Consulting Program Overview
- IBM Educational Workshops and exposure to IBM Technologies
- Attend an in-person event in the DC Metro Area
- Additionally, participants in this program will have the ability to participate in interviews for an internship position!
What can your consulting career look like at IBM after the mentorship program?
The entry-level consulting program is our elite leadership development program designed to groom top talent entry-level consultants into tomorrow's leaders. Become a GBS consultant and become a part of something special:
- An elite leadership development program; unmatched in the marketplace
- Be part of a unique and specialized community connected locally with your peers and managers
- Foster your collaboration and teaming skills with globally accessible teams
- Develop a specialized skillset through experiential learning and a tailored education path
- Experience a variety of roles and projects, as well as peer-led initiatives
- Benefit from customized career planning and mentoring
What would a future consulting role in Technology look like at IBM?
You will help design, develop and integrate solutions using best practice technologies, tools, techniques and products our clients demand today. Client projects could be focused on cybersecurity and biometrics, cloud migration, application development and testing, and enterprise application development and maintenance.
What would a future consulting role in Cognitive & Data Analytics look like at IBM?
You will provide technical and analytical support in order to gain business understanding, prepare data, analyze data, and build and evaluate either predictive (regression or classification) or prescriptive (simulation or optimization) models. Cognitive & Data Analytics consultants at IBM will deploy advanced analytics techniques that are traditionally applied to structured data, as well as Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques for unstructured content, to enable comprehensive cognitive solutions.
What would a future consulting role in Business Transformation look like at IBM?
You will work at the intersection of technology and traditional business transformation to help your clients transform. Business transformation consultants develop an understanding of client processes, goals and objectives to define both the future state and the path to get there. You will help your clients understand digital and cognitive technologies and the impact that the technologies can have on traditional business processes. Our business transformation consultants work on projects spanning Supply Chain Management, Internet of Things, Talent & Engagement, Customer Experience & Design, Digital Strategy, Enterprise Applications, Program Management, Finance, Blockchain and Cognitive/Robotic Process Automation.
Interested candidates should apply via your career services portal. Selected candidates will participate in virtual interview assessments in mid-March- April 2019.
IBM’s Employment Policy:
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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of IBM management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.
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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of IBM management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.
Qualifications:
What do we look for in an Early ID Mentorship Program Participant?
• A minimum GPA of 3.2 is a preferred qualification of this position
• Interest in IBM’s Public Service Sector located in the Washington, DC Metro Area
• Genuine interest in government, our clients, and their industries, and how technology can impact, support and transform day to day business processes
• Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap, jQuery Libraries, JavaScript, JavaScript/XML (AJAX) programming in.NET, PostgreSQL, C++, C, Python, Java, and any other Machine Learning languages
• Familiarity with Agile Development, Operating Systems, hypervisors, scripting languages, network configuration tools, DevOps environments, and the concept of integrated systems management is a plus
• Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to adapt, with willingness to readily take ownership of tasks and problems, which often extend beyond initial scope of responsibility
• Thorough and analytical, with capability to apply logic to solve problems
• Ability to thrive in an ever-changing, technology-based consulting environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and work effectively with individuals, strengthening relationships to achieve win-win solutions
• A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
Preferred Degree/Majors:Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems/Management Information Systems, Business Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Management, Business Administration, and Supply Chain Management.
Required qualifications:• U.S. Citizenship
• A minimum GPA of 3.2 is a preferred qualification of this position
• Interest in IBM’s Public Service Sector located in the Washington, DC Metro Area
• Genuine interest in government, our clients, and their industries, and how technology can impact, support and transform day to day business processes
• Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap, jQuery Libraries, JavaScript, JavaScript/XML (AJAX) programming in.NET, PostgreSQL, C++, C, Python, Java, and any other Machine Learning languages
• Familiarity with Agile Development, Operating Systems, hypervisors, scripting languages, network configuration tools, DevOps environments, and the concept of integrated systems management is a plus
• Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to adapt, with willingness to readily take ownership of tasks and problems, which often extend beyond initial scope of responsibility
• Thorough and analytical, with capability to apply logic to solve problems
• Ability to thrive in an ever-changing, technology-based consulting environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and work effectively with individuals, strengthening relationships to achieve win-win solutions
• A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
Preferred Degree/Majors:Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems/Management Information Systems, Business Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Management, Business Administration, and Supply Chain Management.
Required qualifications:• U.S. Citizenship
