**Introduction** At IBM, we know technology. But technology is only as good as the results it delivers. Are you interested and adept in application development methodology and tools? The IBM Client Innovation Centre (CIC): Halifax occupies a unique position in the IT marketplace - at the intersection of business and technology. In this role, you'll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. These delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. As a member of our team, you will help IBM clients solve some of their most challenging business problems, capitalize on market opportunities and achieve real value in today’s tough economy. 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 their potential, an Associate role is for you. **Your role and responsibilities** * Participate in data ingestion processes from diverse sources such as Snowflakes and ProsOD3, cleansing, transforming, curating, validating, partitioning, and storing data in delta formats. * Assist in developing and optimizing SQL queries using PL/SQL, integrating them with front-end applications. * Support Data Scientists by providing model input in the required format, collaboratively working towards creating predictive models. * Contribute to the creation of PowerBI reports based on business requirements, learning from senior team members. * Participate in root cause analysis of production issues, contributing in bug resolution, automation, change assessment, and implementing/deploying change requests. * Collaborate closely with stakeholders and business users to gather requirements and plan work during Sprint planning, gaining insights into project scope and objectives. * Work alongside DevOps engineers on Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) deployments and code repositories, learning about best practices and infrastructure management. * Document application workflows and activities. **Required technical and professional expertise** • You have the ability to work in an Agile, collaborative environment to understand requirements, design, code and test innovative applications, and support those applications for our highly valued customers • You are great at solving problems, debugging, troubleshooting, designing and implementing solutions to complex technical issues • You have experience coding and using databases • You have basic knowledge or hands on coding experience in one or more of the following technology areas: Azure Databricks, Spark, Python, Snowflake, Delta Lake architecture, Azure Data Lake Gen2, Azure Data Factory, and SQL Server. • Basic skills in PowerBI for report generation. • Introduction to Azure DevOps and Agile methodologies. 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.