Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Introduction

IBM's Tech Re-Entry program is looking for talented technical professionals who are looking to restart their technical careers after an absence from the workforce of 12 months or more. This paid returnship will enable you to work on projects that match your expertise, interests, and abilities and could lead to full-time employment.

During your IBM Tech Re-Entry returnship program, you will have the opportunity to update your skills in a contemporary work environment. You will have access to the latest tools and technologies available and work alongside multi-disciplinary teams to hone your expertise and deliver on client-critical solutions. You'll be able to experience the breadth of IBM resources while developing new skills and relationships. Re-Entry hires participate in 6 month on the job training to refresh skills and prepare to ease back to work. The experience provides personalized technical learning to update and gain additional skills, earning badges and credentials along the way.

In order to qualify for this returnship, you must have been out of the workforce for a minimum of 12 months.

Joining the IBM Technology Expert Labs teams means you'll have a career delivering world-class services for our clients. As the ultimate expert in IBM products, you'll bring together all the necessary technology and services to help customers solve their most challenging problems. Working in IBM Technology Expert Labs means accelerating the time to value confidently and ensuring speed and insight while our clients focus on what they do best - running and growing their business. 

Excellent onboarding and industry-leading learning culture will set you up for a positive impact, while advancing your career. Our culture is collaborative and experiential. As part of a team, you will be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators-always willing to help and be helped-as you apply passion to work that will positively impact the world around us.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Delivery Consultant, you will learn and experience how we apply technical expertise to ensure world-class delivery using consultative skills such as problem-solving issue- / hypothesis-based methodologies, communication, and service orientation skills. As a member of IBM Technology Expert Labs, you will be client focused, courageous, pragmatic, and technical to optimize and trailblaze new solutions that address real business challenges. 

To help achieve this win-win outcome, a 'day-in-the-life' in this role may include, but not be limited to...

• Understanding clients' main challenges and developing solutions that helps them reach true business value by working through the phases of design, development integration, implementation, migration and product support with a sense of urgency

• Creating and executing agile plans where you are responsible for installing and provisioning assets, testing, migrating to production, and day-two operations

• Demonstrating a natural bias towards self-motivation, curiosity, initiative in addition to navigating data and people to find answers and present solutions

• Strong collaboration and communication skills as you work across the client, partner, and IBM team

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Excellent communication and presentation skills that are equally engaging, compelling, and influential

• You completed a technical degree i.e., Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or an equivalent subject

• Hands on exposure to real world application of computer science, information systems or engineering concepts

• Understanding and experience with at least 1 programming languages, design tools, Quantum Computing (e.g. Python, Java, C/C++)

• Familiar with open architectural design including Kubernetes and Container design, databases structure and data fabric, and integrating using API's and scripting

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Problem-solving skills with an attention to detail, precision, and time management

• Strong collaboration and communication skills as you work across the client, partner, and IBM team

• Demonstrate a natural bias towards self-motivation, curiosity, initiative in addition to navigating data and people to find answers and present solutions

• Networking experience, with accreditation, as operator, engineer or tools integrator

• Network management and OSS Integration experience

• Linux and shell experience

• Knowledge of API paradigms

• Technical familiarity with databases, programming, API's and scripting

• Prior experience delivering Commercial off-the-shelf solutions

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills

• Ability to clearly communicate technical details to both experts and novices

About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

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Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to: - Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being - Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs - Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law - Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals - Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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