Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long-term relationships, meaningful impact, 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 IBM 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 supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you 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 learning opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Application Consultants focus on technical roles, growing a strong set of technical and consulting skills and then progressing onto solution design and technical leadership roles at increasing levels of responsibility

As an Application Consultant, you will

- Assist in delivery of high-quality solutions to clients in response to specific business requirements
- Support on technical solution through research and evaluations of technology
- Support management consulting to client IT and Business Executives who are responsible for managing and delivering IT related services to their end user community or external clients
- Assist in defining the business drivers and associated IT capabilities and services that are required, develop the IT capabilities and implement the IT business management systems required to maintain IT value and service delivery
- Performs design/development/testing of cloud/traditional application projects
Interacts with the requirements team, clients, and others in the field for various purposes including gathering requirements, product demos, and resolving technical issues
- Prepares and writes technical documentation such as content to be included in the documentation of design and training materials

Your Role and Responsibilities

Application Consultants focus on technical roles, growing a strong set of technical and consulting skills and then progressing onto solution design and technical leadership roles at increasing levels of responsibility

As an Application Consultant, you will:

- Assist in delivery of high-quality solutions to clients in response to specific business requirements
- Support on technical solution through research and evaluations of technology
- Support management consulting to client IT and Business Executives who are responsible for managing and delivering IT related services to their end user community or external clients
- Assist in defining the business drivers and associated IT capabilities and services that are required, develop the IT capabilities and implement the IT business management systems required to maintain IT value and service delivery
- Performs design/development/testing of cloud/traditional application projects
- Interacts with the requirements team, clients, and others in the field for various purposes including gathering requirements, product demos, and resolving technical issues
- Prepares and writes technical documentation such as content to be included in the documentation of design and training materials

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

The below is only a guideline – if you have transferable skills that can be applied to this role, apply anyway! At IBM, if you have the passion and drive, we will support your learning.

We are looking for entry level candidates equipped with below expertise:

- Foundational programming skills (Java, SQL, XML)
- Good Analytical skill and innovative approach to problems
- High sensitivity and passion for business and people
- No Working Experience is Required
- Fluent English and Mandarin communication

To perform this role, you will be keen to demonstrate the following qualities and behaviors:

- Good communication, creativity, problem solving, consultation skills
- Ability to take ownership and work directly with clients
- Fast learner, team work and has passion to work with people across the regions.
- Flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing requirements, deadlines and requirements
- Professional work ethic and result orientation that is targeted towards managing by objectives

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise:

- Good at OOAD and programming skills (Java, XML, SQL) is a plus
- Experienced in HR project is a plus
- Familiarity in Agile developing environment