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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.

Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today’s businesses. As an Associate Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM’s clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client's organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.

Your role and responsibilities

As an entry level Infrastructure Specialist within Federal, you will support the infrastructure running industries likes transportation, energy, insurance, banking or healthcare which are rapidly changing as the worlds relationship with technology evolves. Ready to help our clients take the next step forward?

Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. As an Associate Infrastructure Specialist, you'll be responsible for keeping up with the latest changes, using your expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our clients and products. In your role you may be responsible for:

* Define, analyze and review technical architecture on required platform and coming up with architecture options and recommendations

* Define, detail, and scope the technical requirements into solutions

* Work across key activities in configuration, systems management tools and backup and recovery

* Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance

This role requires candidates to work on-site 5 days a week at the Washington, DC office. These positions are anticipated to begin in Summer of 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 Consulting - Federal.

* Up to 100% travel

* 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

* Possess a strong operational knowledge of applicable operating systems, application programs, system diagnostics and remote support structure

* Familiarity with various cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, IBM, Google, Alibaba, Oracle and with cloud computing concepts

* Exposure to basic AI concepts, ethics, and methodologies

Preferred technical and professional experience

* 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

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.