Trainee Software Engineer, IT Business Services Business Application, Central Business Support (CBS)

About the apprenticeship

Duties

You'll be part of an Agile product development team. The team consists of product owners, software engineers and testers that live and breathe product development, delivery and support. The team will be responsible for developing new solutions as well as maintaining one or more of the established solutions that support thousands of service line users within the business, such as Tax and Audit.

The team work on a prioritised backlog of requirements, analyse and collaborate on software changes in order to break them down into manageable pieces for development and delivery. The team typically decide on the technical solution to business requirements aligning to company standards, where your input, suggestions and feedback are always welcome.

As a software engineer, you'll be working with the team to understand requirements and develop solutions, participate in team ceremonies, writing code in languages such as .Net and SQL, exploring solutions to technical challenges, developing for cloud platforms such as Azure and troubleshooting.

Additional information

Please be aware, if a particular opportunity becomes oversubscribed, we will close it for applications early. We recommend you get your application in as soon as possible.

To complete this apprenticeship, you will need to be based in Wales at least 51% of your working week and travel a minimum of 1 day a week to Cardiff & The Vale College.

Requirements

Skills

Strong problem-solving skills
Strong time management skills and the ability to work well to deadlines
Close attention to detail
Organisational skills
Strong knowledge of computers
Good communication skills both verbally and in writing
Passion for learning skills and technologies
Willing to work as part of a team and to support team members with their work

Qualifications

Minimum of five GCSEs including at least a Level 4 (C) in English Language and Maths.
Achieved a level 3 Apprenticeship or equivalent

Language

Welsh Spoken Skills: No Welsh Written Skills: No

Course details

Training provider:
Cardiff and Vale College

Training provider course:
IT Business Services

About the employer

Fusion Point 1
Dumballs Road
Cardiff
Cardiff
CF10 5BF

Disability confident

Yes, we are part of the Disability Confident Scheme from the UK Department for Work and Pensions.

Please note that all apprenticeships are open to everyone. However, some organisations have worked to achieve Disability Confident accreditation. You should always apply for the apprenticeship you feel best suited to.

Interview arrangements

To be confirmed. You will apply for this role through the company website. For more information on how to apply please visit our early careers assessment support page.