Junior Application Developer

Leadingtalent; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking an entry-level Application Developer to provide support and help maintain applications. You will apply development and testing practices to design, build, and test new capabilities within existing systems.

Located in Ottawa, this on-site role requires Bachelor’s in a relevant field and eligibility to obtain security clearances. Strong communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Analyze and resolve issues per technical requirements while following standards.
• Define technical solutions aligned to requirements and standards.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and maintenance for applications.
• Apply knowledge of development processes and testing environments to support complex solutions.
• Document solutions clearly to assist the test team and stakeholders.
• Work on-site at the IBM office in Ottawa and collaborate with the team to meet the standards.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Creative thinking

Negotiation skills

Empathy and active listening

Leadership and social influence

Attention to detail

Technological literacy

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships 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.

Your role and responsibilities

As an entry level Application Developer at IBM, you’ll provide technical support and maintenance by applying knowledge of application functionality and related technical design/interfaces with other systems/applications, responsible for running applications in a trouble-free manner, knowledge of integrated development and test environments, tools, infrastructure and managed support services to support complex solutions. You will also be responsible for developing a strong understanding of the solutions and their capabilities to be able to design, build, and test new capabilities into existing applications and systems.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions.

To be eligible for employment in this role, you must be a Canadian citizen or Canadian Permanent Resident. If you hold dual or third nationality, in addition to being either a Canadian citizen or Canadian Permanent Resident, the nationality must be from one of the below approved countries to be eligible for employment in this role: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States.

Candidates must have or eligible to obtain:

• Secret Clearance issued by the Government of Canada. Note that candidates without this clearance must recognize that it will take up to six months to obtain it if they have Canadian citizenship.
• NATO and Controlled Goods Clearances will be required once Secret Clearance is proven/obtained.

Required education

Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred education

Master’s Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Located in Ottawa, ON (all work will be done on site at the IBM office):

• Analyze and resolve issues in line with the technical requirements of the solution while adhering to the required Standards.
• Understand technical business requirements and define technical solutions that align to the required Standards.
• Apply the application / system development processes used by the team.
• Develop the skills to understand interoperability standards and methods.
• Collaborate with the team to deliver quality solutions.
• Contribute to the development of technical designs and documentation.
• Troubleshooting issues.
• Develop the technical knowledge and experience to provide technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills in both verbal and written.
• Clearly document solutions that can then be used to support the test team.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Negotiation skills and ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Participated in vendor solution evaluation processes. Contributed to the evaluation of solutions developed by fellow team members or third parties.
• Analytical thinking
• Creative thinking
• Resilience, flexibility, and agility
• Motivation and self-awareness
• Curiosity and lifelong learning
• Technological literacy
• Dependability and attention to detail
• Empathy and active listening
• Leadership and social influence
• Quality control

Location & Eligibility

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship. For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

IBM 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.