Data Services Associate Consultant

Introduction
Are you about to graduate or did you graduate in the past year? Are you a forward-thinker and eager to learn? At IBM Consulting we are always looking for superstars to work on multiple exciting projects in a friendly and energetic working environment. If that is you join us as an Associate Consultant!
IBM Consulting’s Associate Programme is IBM’s world-class 2-year development programme for early professionals and about-to-graduate talents.
As an Associate you will jump-start your consulting career by combining client project work across different industries and service areas. Your projects will be combined with focused training and coaching together with our network of experts and mentors. All those elements will help you develop relevant skills and gain meaningful experience while you solve our clients’ most complex problems with future-shaping solutions. Learn more here:
https://www.ibm.com/services/careers/entry-level-consultant

The IBM Data Services practice is helping clients to design and build modern big data platforms. By integrating tools from a variety of (cloud)vendors the data platform manages the collection normalization transformation storage and application of data. We guide our clients in this transformation journey to become data driven enterprises and create core big data platform components to enable distinctive lasting and substantial business improvements for our clients.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As an Associate Consultant you will work directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational strategies that drive adoption of change. We are looking for talents who can build credibility and trust with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs.
We foster a culture of creative innovative thinkers; people who are curious about how technology can transform businesses and impact the world. We cultivate a diverse inclusive global team of people who want to pioneer re-imagine and disrupt the future.
If you see yourself as someone who believes no problem is too big to solve and who wants to unleash their potential IBM Consulting is for you.
You’re right at the intersection of technology people and process helping your clients transform how they adapt to shifts in the market and more closely align their business strategy and vision. Associate Consultants are important and key players for our clients. You’ll be their guide to developing an understanding of their processes goals and objectives to define their future state then help them get there.
You’ll help clients understand leading technologies and the impact they can have on traditional business processes. You’ll have an opportunity to build a powerful portfolio of interesting and rewarding experiences taking advantage of opportunities to master new skills learning about and becoming an expert in our client’s industries and tackle new challenges.

Within your role as an Associate consultant in Data Services you will:
• Define requirements and implement data management solutions in an Agile project environment.
• Develop technical as well as business expertise in the data management domain and share this with colleagues and clients.
• Contribute to further growth of IBM Data Services by contributing to business development activities.
• Focus on the latest evolutions in helping our clients’ business by defining and setting up cloud data platforms which can be used for AI and Data Monetization taking into account privacy and security requirements.
• Work in client service environment and gain expertise in the planning design management execution and reporting of establishing a modern data platform.
• Advise design and provide implementation support for data solutions on virtualized and cloud- based environments including hosted and on-premise solutions.

If you’re interested in this position please follow the following steps:
• Apply via our career site and upload your CV and motivation letter (in English)
• Talent Acquisition team will follow up with your application within the next weeks
• The most suitable candidates will be invited to an Assessment Day in February 2024 where you will spend the day with like-minded graduates.
Expected Start Date for the new hires is 1 April 2024.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Degree in Mathematics Computer Science Information Management Data Science Business Economics Business & Management or related studies.
• We welcome recent graduates with maximum 1 year of work experience and final-year students with less than 6 months of studies left.
• Professional and conscientious attitude.
• Good presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 days a week depending on business demand
• Fluent in Dutch and / or French with a good working knowledge of the other and English with strong communication skills both in writing and verbally
• Eligible to work in Belgium and European Union without any restriction.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Background affinity and interest in data engineering and/or data (management) solutions.