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.
In this role you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers) where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
As an Associate Package Specialist at IBM you'll help clients in the selection implementation and production support of application packaged solutions.
You'll get in-depth Consulting experience business knowledge and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients' business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client results and become the expert you want to be. In your role you may be responsible for:
- Perform full life cycle of application implementation including requirement definition design development testing and date migration.
- Migrate between products or integration with other products configuration of packages and recovery and backup
- Use your Consulting skills business knowledge and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients business environment.
- Assist in selection implementation and support of application
These positions are anticipated to start in 2026. We have positions opened in the Baton Rouge Louisiana Client Innovation Center.
- Ability to thrive in an ever changing technology based Consulting environment
- Ability to work both analytically using data and systems with a logical sequence to complex tasks
- Drive to overcome the most challenging or difficult obstacles and look for ways to improve results
- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and at least one cloud platform such as AWS Azure IBM or Google Cloud
- Exposure to basic AI concepts ethics and methodologies
- Initiative to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills
- Exposure to basic data science concepts
- Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands
- Ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply by listening actively and conveying difficult messages in a positive manner
- A passion for innovative ideas coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
Required work location:
- Must be local to your assigned Client Innovation Center location or willing to relocate prior to your start date at your own expense
- Average onsite work requirement of 3 days per week
- Willingness to travel up to 60% as needed