Student Conversion - Application Developer-RDBMS

**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. **Your role and responsibilities** As an Associate an entry level Application Developer at IBM, you'll work with clients to co-create solutions to major real-world challenges by using best practice technologies, tools, techniques, and products to translate system requirements into the design and development of customized systems. In your role, you may be responsible for: Working across the entire system architecture to design, develop, and support high quality, scalable products and interfaces for our clients Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specifications for generative AI projects Employing IBM's Design Thinking to create products that provide a great user experience along with high performance, security, quality, and stability Working with a variety of relational databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoDB), operating systems (Linux, Windows, iOS, Android), and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS, React, Ember.js, Bootstrap, and JQuery) Creating everything from mockups and UI components to algorithms and data structures as you deliver a viable product an Application Developer specializing in RDBMS, you will create and maintain database applications for various platforms, including Linux, Unix, and Windows. You will utilize your expertise in writing code in PL/SQL, T-SQL, and DB2 application development for LUW. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Design Database Applications: Design, develop, and test database applications to ensure they are efficient, secure, and meet the required specifications. This involves applying your knowledge of database concepts, data modeling, and SQL programming to deliver high-quality solutions. • Develop Code: Write code in PL/SQL, T-SQL, and DB2 for database application development on Linux, Unix, and Windows platforms, adhering to best practices and standards. • Test and Refine: Perform thorough testing of database applications to identify and resolve issues, ensuring they meet the required specifications and are reliable. • Maintain Database Systems: Maintain and update existing database applications to ensure they remain efficient, secure, and aligned with changing business needs. **Required technical and professional expertise** Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with 1 of the following (Java, C++, Python, Scala, R, SAS, SQL, Hadoop, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, Spark, Angular, ReactJS), as well as systems design/development, and information technology course work Exposure to web services, API and Java application frameworks such as Springboot Ability to translate business requirements into technical solution Familiarity with generative AI modeling, ethics, and methodologies Familiarity with Microservices architecture, infrastructure concepts and cloud platforms AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud RDBMS Development Expertise: Exposure to creating and maintaining database applications for various platforms, including Linux, Unix, and Windows, with a focus on efficiency, security, and meeting required specifications. • Programming Skills: Experience working with PL/SQL, T-SQL, and DB2 application development for LUW, with a strong understanding of database concepts, data modeling, and SQL programming. • Database Design Knowledge: Familiarity with designing database applications, including data modeling and SQL programming, to deliver high-quality solutions. • Testing and Debugging: Exposure to testing and refining database applications to identify and resolve issues, ensuring they meet required specifications and are reliable. • Database Maintenance: Experience working with maintaining and updating existing database applications to ensure they remain efficient, secure, and aligned with changing business needs. **Preferred technical and professional experience** Have flexibility to work across architecture - building both front end and backend Help maintain and improve code quality, organization, and automatization Communicate with stakeholders on technical issues Design and code servers, services, applications and databases on platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle that are reusable, scalable and meet critical architecture goals. Proficiency in working with Git repositories for version control and collaborative development • Data Modeling Knowledge: Exposure to data modeling concepts and techniques to design and develop efficient database applications. This includes understanding data relationships, entity-relationship diagrams, and data normalization. • Advanced SQL Programming: Experience working with advanced SQL programming concepts, including query optimization, indexing, and stored procedures, to deliver high-performance database solutions. • Cross-Platform Development: Exposure to developing database applications on multiple platforms, including Linux, Unix, and Windows, with a focus on platform-specific considerations and best practices. 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.