Cloud Application Consultant - IBM Associate Program

Introduction
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.
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by 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 to 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 resulting 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 Cloud Application Consultant at IBM you will help us usher clients into a new age of future-looking technology. You’ll be assisting clients in the selection implementation and support of applications methodology and tools. You’ll be trained up to perform as an expert on existing and/or new applications specialized around things like Cloud Blockchain DevOp and Enterprise Applications. You will help our clients integrate enterprise-wide data for improved performance and efficiency. Leveraging a growth mindset you’re ready and willing to deliver business value wherever needed. In your role you may be responsible for:

• Working with project teams to advise clients on enterprise-wide data integrations
• Creating ways to better assess analytics better supporting business decision making
• Work as a team member with client personnel and other IBM teams to identify functional requirements and subsequently working with or in some instances leading others in the identification justification and design of the client’s solution.
• Participate in a wide range of design activities from requirements analysis through systems application and/or process design specification and implementation.
• Gain knowledge across multiple platforms processes or architecture

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer science and Engineering Management Engineering Telecommunication Engineering Electrical Engineering or related fields.
• Italian mother-tongue and fluent in English with strong communication skills both in writing and verbally
• Passion for understanding the applications of emerging technologies and ability to adapt modern approaches and innovative solutions to client problems
• Strong problem-solving capabilities including the desire to take ambiguous problems and deliver creative and well-structured solutions; as well as applying deep analytical skills to ensure recommendations are informed by data and insights
• A high level resilience with the ability to manage dynamic workloads in an agile environment
• Powerful communication skills successfully applying verbal and written communications to expose and defend points of view to business leaders and team members

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Exposure to or experience working with cloud native application methodologies and tools is a plus
• Exposure multiple programming technologies (e.g. Javascript HTML XML SQL) is a plus