Cloud Network Engineer Apprentice
- Employer
- SOPRA STERIA LIMITED
- Location
- Unit H, The Brewery Quarter, High Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3FF
- Salary
- £19,000.00 annually
- Closing date
- 15 Oct 2019
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- Specialism
- IT
- Sector
- Unspecified
- Role Type
- Apprenticeship, Higher
- Start Date
- November
- Duration
- Permanent
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Key Responsibilities of the Apprentice:
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
Personal qualities
Desired qualifications
You'll need at least five GCSEs (or equivalent) of grades A-C (or new grading of 4-9) including maths, English and IT / Science. Ideally, you'll also possess A' Levels, or other relevant qualifications, and an aptitude for functional maths.
Future prospects
Cloud Network Engineering is an area of expertise which can take your career in a wide variety of technical and business directions, including coding, scripting, automation, team leading and architecture. Our technical environments offer opportunities to develop your career across many engineering disciplines.
Things to consider
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- Translation of simple logical designs into physical designs, taking account of the target environment, performance requirements, existing systems, regulatory constraints, budgets, power supply requirements, fire protection and any potential safety-related aspects
- Design, install, test and implement a WAN for a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
- Use a risk register detailing risks to a project rollout and to the future resilience of a network including mitigations
- Reviews network statistics, identifying trends in traffic flow and levels of service. Monitors activity over time to predict usage and comply with demand management SLAs
- Conducts tests of the network hardware and/or software affected using supplied test procedures and diagnostic tools. Helps to resolve problems and faults, and corrects malfunctions, calling on help from more experienced colleagues if required
- Carries out required network monitoring, logging and reporting tasks
- Takes action on known errors and documented workarounds, logging such actions and advising supervisor or specialists when management or specialist attention is required
- Investigates, diagnoses and resolves low impact network problems within service level agreement tolerances, referring to network users, other staff and suppliers, as necessary
- Conducts tests of the network hardware and/or software affected using supplied test procedures and diagnostic tools
- Installs or removes network hardware and/or software, using supplied installation instructions and tools; follows agreed standards, including those for electrical work
- Agrees the timing of the work with those affected, e.g. users and operations management
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- A broad knowledge of general IT technologies, and industry trends
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, ever evolving and challenging environment
- Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks while under pressure and deal with multiple requests at any given time
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A strong desire to work in the IT industry
Personal qualities
- Self-motivated individual, with a strong desire to learn and develop
- A motivated individual
- A positive work attitude
- Quick learner
- Smart appearance
Desired qualifications
You'll need at least five GCSEs (or equivalent) of grades A-C (or new grading of 4-9) including maths, English and IT / Science. Ideally, you'll also possess A' Levels, or other relevant qualifications, and an aptitude for functional maths.
Future prospects
Cloud Network Engineering is an area of expertise which can take your career in a wide variety of technical and business directions, including coding, scripting, automation, team leading and architecture. Our technical environments offer opportunities to develop your career across many engineering disciplines.
Things to consider
For more information on the ANMW, please visit:https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
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