Software Apprentice

SHIVOM CONSULTANCY LTD

London, TW8 9DW

Closes in 23 days (Tuesday 29 October)

Posted on 4 October 2024

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Summary

You will work on maintaining and enhancing our existing solutions, architecting, and developing new customer solutions, and providing technical support to our users. In return, we will provide a supportive work environment with the flexibility to participate in scheduled work release training.

Annual wage
£16,000 a year

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Training course
Software developer (level 4)
Hours
9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 11 November

Duration

1 Year 7 Months

Positions available

3

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

You will gain the opportunity for rapid on-the-job learning combined with rigorous structured training and mentoring to support your journey towards becoming a Software Engineer/Software Developer professional.

Duties: 
What will you be doing? 

  • Contributing to the software development lifecycle; Plan, code, build, test, release, deploy, operate, monitor
  • Use tools as a software engineer, such as repos, version control, testing, deployment etc. These will include open-source type tools, e.g. Git, Jenkins, Selenium, and vendor specific such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and VMWare
  • Develop complex cloud-based applications using the following technologies: Javascript (Node.js), HTML, CSS, Redis, Express, Nunjucks, Postgres, Kibana, and Grafana 
  • Develop API's and Micro services
  • Work with scripting and coding languages/frameworks such as Node.js, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Powershell, Mocha, Sinon and Chai
  • Understanding and documenting the existing application landscape, components, business processes including the integration of security and quality tooling
  • Developing CI/CD pipelines using Powershell for greater reliability and reduced downtime
  • Plan, design, and build database models

Where you’ll work

1000 Great West Road

Brentford

London

TW8 9DW

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.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    Other in:

    • Apprenticeship in Software (grade Level 3)

    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
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience
    • Knowledge of web application
    • Knowledge of microservices
    • Strong knowledge of AWS/Azure
    • REST, SOAP, GaphQL APIs

    About this company

    We are an ambitious UK based company, operating since 2003.  We are a specialised service provider supporting UK public and private sector organisations in: IT Strategy, Agile Delivery and Public Cloud Migration/Adoption, Architecture and Design, Digital Transformation and many more.

    After this apprenticeship

    The role offers long term security and the opportunity to progress into a permanent position. 
    There is also an opportunity to progress onto degree apprenticeships. 

    Benefits:

    • You will receive excellent career development and training opportunities
    • Will be expected to gain Microsoft and AWSCertifications to further their career
    • 22 days holiday
    • Kitchen refreshments 
    • Onsite parking
    • There is a company pension
    • Whilst in the workplace, you will receive continual coaching, help and guidance and the opportunity to work across several key Design, Architecture, Cloud and Applications teams 

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    QA LIMITED

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280568.

    Apply now

    Closes in 23 days (Tuesday 29 October)

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