Graduate Software Engineer Apprentice

Summary

You will have the opportunity to gain valuable skills, knowledge and experience as you complete a Software Developer - Level 4 Apprenticeship. Duties will include Design, architect, and implement scalable infrastructure as Code.

Annual wage: £30,000 a year
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Training course: Software developer (level 4)
Hours: Days and shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 2 December
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Design and develop DevOps pipeline that are secure and supports ZTA.
Drive efforts to help the engineering group develop a scalable CICD model.
Automate development lifecycle processes, via relevant plugins and scripting across multiple SDLC tools such as Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, etc…
Automating and streamlining key DevOps tasks.
Handle and improve the Engineering infrastructure.
Design and development of comprehensive software monitoring and alerting solutions.

Where you’ll work

51 Lime Street

London

EC3M 7DQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

QA LIMITED

Your training course

Software developer (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

create logical and maintainable code

develop effective user interfaces

link code to data sets

test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing

conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.

identify and create test scenarios

apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues

create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program

create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories

build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment

apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)

follow software designs and functional or technical specifications

follow testing frameworks and methodologies

follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control

communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders

apply algorithms, logic and data structures

interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements

Your training plan

Why choose our Software Engineer Level 4 apprenticeship?

Our Software Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship gives learners advance skills and technical grounding to design, test and maintain software and web systems. Learners will also gain an understanding on advanced programming, systems and software development projects. Software Development is at the heart of digital transformation. With demand for services to be consumed online by both clients and employees increasing exponentially, software developers are in high demand. Software Engineers build and test high-quality code across front end, logic and database layers.

QA’s Software Engineer Level 4 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:

Build advanced skills and technical grounding to design, test and maintain software and web systems.
Receive training on end-to-end software dev stack, as opposed to hyper-focusing on one area of development.
Develop more advanced applications.

Tools and technologies learned: Learners will learn to use HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

Mathematics (grade 4+ (A*-C))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Team working
Non judgemental

About this company

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

Company benefits

Life assurance and income protection Exclusive discounts on gym memberships Discounted rates on car leasing options Staff discounts within the larger Tata network Access to extensive training resources. Annual bonus - £2,500

After this apprenticeship

90% of QA Apprentices secure permanent employment after finishing their apprenticeship. Additionally, there may be opportunities to undertake further apprenticeship training as many of our programs offer on-going development tracks.

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