Introduction

As a Federal Consultant, you'll be a part of client-facing teams along with other consultants, developers, designers, data scientists, technical specialists and project managers to help businesses change the way they work. Our clients' technical and business needs are constantly evolving. We're hiring inspired, talented individuals eager to apply their knowledge and perspective to challenging work that evolves industries and our world. We prioritize ongoing learning, development of technical skills, and continuous personal growth, all grounded in a culture of coaching and apprenticeship.

As a Federal Consultant, you will work at the intersection of technology, people, and process, helping your clients transform how they conduct business to adapt to shifts in the market, and more closely align them with their business strategy and vision. Federal Consultants develop an understanding of client processes, goals and objectives to define their future state and the path to get them there. You will help your clients understand leading technologies and the impact that those technologies can have on traditional business processes. You will have an opportunity to build a powerful portfolio of interesting and rewarding experiences, taking advantage of opportunities to master new skills, learn about and become an expert in our client's industries, and tackle new challenges.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• APPLICATION CONSULTANT - Maintain and analyze document collections using Watson Explorer and Watson Content Analytics. Develop an understanding of the project's end-to-end architecture. Gain client-facing experience and industry knowledge. Develop NLP tools and methods in Watson Knowledge Studio. Build question and answer structures to power Watson Engagement Advisor.
• BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANT - Facilitate workshops, meetings and stakeholder interviews. Document requirements from the product owner/business lead. Develop process maps to understand As-Is and To-Be scenarios. Translate client requirements into analytical specifications for the implementation of the IBM solution. Define current and future operational scenarios (processes, models, use cases, plans and solutions) and work with clients using an agreed methodology to ensure proper translation of business requirements to solution requirements. Project business value of a solution in client-relevant terms and drive adoption of the KPI impact with key client stakeholders. Develop communications tailored to specific audiences. Work in an Agile, collaborative environment. Employ IBM's Design Thinking to help solve client's challenges. Analyze data to support conclusions and strategies, and design organization.
• STRATEGY CONSULTANT - Create strategic recommendations to drive change in a digitally-enabled era. Secure buy-in for the recommendations. Collaborate with fellow IBMers to help reinvent businesses and industries. Provide perspectives and solutions to rapidly develop, launch, and grow transformational products, platforms, new businesses, and strategic partnerships with and for clients. Research the client organization and industry value chains via modern and digitally-enabled approaches to structured and unstructured data analysis and insight generation that go beyond traditional methods of interviewing, focus groups, or market studies. Draw from primary and existing IBM research on evolving market trends to help clients explore the art of the possible based on market and competitive positioning (e.g., rise of the Fintechs, digital marketplaces, Internet of Things enabled analytics, API economy). Identify and analyze opportunities and obstacles clients face in global and increasingly competitive markets, develop new business models to bring to life ideas, increase efficiencies and profitability for existing offerings, or determine optimal routes to market for new or existing products and services. Identify issues, create hypotheses, and execute analysis, developing decision-ready recommendations to inform the strategic agenda for our clients.
• SECURITY CONSULTANT - Work as a team member with client personnel and other IBM teams to identify functional requirements and subsequently work with or in some instances lead others in the identification, justification and design of the client's solution. Additionally, you may be required to participate in a wide range of design activities, from requirements analysis through systems, application and/or process design specification and implementation. It also requires IT consulting skills with the ability to act as a trusted client advisor.
• PACKAGE SOLUTION CONSULTANT - Understand technical languages and communicate technical issues in an non-technical way for clients and teams. Review documents from multiple tools (Power Point, Excel, Word, etc.). Contribute to material creation (stakeholder assessment, communications, etc.). Capture change impacts during the design phase of projects. Assist with user provisioning of ERP systems.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Willingness to relocate to the Hampton, VA
• Many jobs within GBS Federal Sector require U.S. citizenship and/or security clearance because of government or contract requirements. If you are not a U.S. citizen or are unable to obtain security clearance, there may be limited work opportunities for you, which may affect your continued employment at IBM
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited 4-year institution coupled with internship, work, and/or project experience, which will provide the analytical and technical acumen that translates to an entry level consulting role.
• Candidates must be willing and able to travel up to 100% of the time, if project/business needs require.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• PREFERRED MAJORS: Business Administration / Management, Finance, International Business, Industrial Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Computer Information Systems (CIS), Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Human Resources, Computer Science, Business Information Technology

About Business Unit IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that are the backbone of the world's economy. IBM Services partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, using its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to lead results-driven innovation and enduring excellence. IBM Services is the go-to market name for Global Business Services (GBS) and Global Technology Services (GTS). This role is being hired into GBS Federal Services Sector.

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About IBM IBM is a global cognitive and cloud company changing the way the world works. We foster a culture of creative, innovative thinkers; people who are curious about how technology can transform businesses and impact the world. Our consultants are part of IBM Services where we engage with clients across every industry to deliver technology-driven solutions. We cultivate a diverse, inclusive, global team of people who want to pioneer, reimagine and disrupt the future. Here's where you come in. We're looking for passionate, original thinkers who want to drive progress, grow their network and further their careers. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning, who believes no problem is too big to solve, and who wants to unleash your potential, IBM Services is for you.

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Being You @ IBM 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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Key Job Details

• Country: US
• State: VIRGINIA
• City: Hampton
• Category: Consultant
• Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
• Position Type: Early Professional
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Contract Type: Regular
• Company: (0147) International Business Machines Corporation
• Req ID: 326898BR
• Location: Hampton, VA US

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