Digital Solutions Engineer Apprentice

at  The Development Manager Ltd TDM

Opportunity information
Salary £22500 per year
Duration 36 months
Advert closing date 17/01/2025
Description
Smith Institute wish to appoint friendly and approachable Digital Solutions Engineer apprentices to join a busy team responsible for business systems, infrastructure and computing in a rapidly evolving Computing and IT environment.
You will work as part of a supportive team using cutting-edge cloud technologies to develop, maintain and update the systems we rely on for efficient and uninterrupted work.
You will use remote access tools to provide timely support to your colleagues and will work with project teams creating innovative solutions for our customers.
This is a dynamic mix of home and office-based working.

As a Digital Solutions Engineer Apprentice your duties will include but are not limited to:

• Critically analyse a business domain to identify opportunities for improvement
• Analyse business and technical requirements to select and specify appropriate technology solutions.
• Identify organisational information requirements and model data solutions using conceptual data modelling techniques
• undertake a security risk assessment for a simple IT system to identify, analyse and evaluate security threats and hazards to planned and installed information systems or services (e.g. Cloud services) and provide recommendations.
• apply organisational theory, change management, marketing, strategic practice, human resource management and IT service management to technology solutions development.
• follow a systematic methodology for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing technology solutions projects using industry standard processes, methods, techniques and tools to execute and manage projects.
• plan, design and manage computer networks with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that network infrastructure solutions enable in an organisational context. Identifies network security risks and their resolution.
• communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders both technical and non-technical at all levels of influence and responsibility.
• devise and engage in continuous professional development
• conduct and present effective research using engaging, well-structured approaches
• design, build and test high-quality software solutions.
• Apply engineering principles to all stages of the software development process, from requirements, analysis and design, development and data requirements
• Apply skills and knowledge of systems development, cyber security, data, AI and infrastructure in the creation of digital solutions.
• Analyse ethical and legal implications of digital and technology solutions and make recommendations as a result of this analysis. For example, with regard to artificial intelligence or the use of personal data.
• Mentor others in the development and implementation of digital and technical solutions.

Entry requirements
A Level or equivalent Computer Science (Grade A)
A Level or Equivalent Mathematics (Grade A)
Training to be provided
Level 6 Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Degree with Honours)
Things to consider
Start date for this opportunity in September 2025 and will follow the below timeline.
Applications close 17th January 2025
Applicants contacted if successful for Initial assessment day
Initial assessment days are 13th February or 20th February 2025
First stage interviews March 2025
Second Stage Interviews week commencing 14th April.
Skills required
Array
Future prospects
An opportunity to be offered a full time permanent role on completion of the Apprenticeship
Hours per week 37.5
Working week Mon-Fri
Apprenticeship standard Digital and technology solutions professional (Level 6)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX2 0J

• Critically analyse a business domain to identify opportunities for improvement
• Analyse business and technical requirements to select and specify appropriate technology solutions.
• Identify organisational information requirements and model data solutions using conceptual data modelling techniques
• undertake a security risk assessment for a simple IT system to identify, analyse and evaluate security threats and hazards to planned and installed information systems or services (e.g. Cloud services) and provide recommendations.
• apply organisational theory, change management, marketing, strategic practice, human resource management and IT service management to technology solutions development.
• follow a systematic methodology for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing technology solutions projects using industry standard processes, methods, techniques and tools to execute and manage projects.
• plan, design and manage computer networks with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that network infrastructure solutions enable in an organisational context. Identifies network security risks and their resolution.
• communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders both technical and non-technical at all levels of influence and responsibility.
• devise and engage in continuous professional development
• conduct and present effective research using engaging, well-structured approaches
• design, build and test high-quality software solutions.
• Apply engineering principles to all stages of the software development process, from requirements, analysis and design, development and data requirements
• Apply skills and knowledge of systems development, cyber security, data, AI and infrastructure in the creation of digital solutions.
• Analyse ethical and legal implications of digital and technology solutions and make recommendations as a result of this analysis. For example, with regard to artificial intelligence or the use of personal data.
• Mentor others in the development and implementation of digital and technical solutions