Ref - 997 - L4 DevOps Engineer Apprentice

Level 4 DevOps Engineer

Weekly Hours Worked: Monday to Friday, 08:30am – 17:00pm

Benefits:

• Private Medical cover for employee
• 5% Employer pension contributions when contributing 5%
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• You'll be joining an energetic and innovative company whose investment in technology offers the opportunity to join a team with immense potential, playing a part in key transformation projects as well as BAU. You will be a valued member of the team, who is keen to inspire and drive with the desire to work with autonomy, whilst being part of making a successful team. As a business we are committed to our ethos of ‘putting the fun into insurance’ for the benefit of our customers, employees and the community.

About the company:

We are a leading and expanding motor insurance group who are ranked highly in the times top 30 big companies to work for. We are a modern and progressive group and pride ourselves on our innovative IT software and dynamic agile way of working. In 2022, the group became the 3rd largest motor insurance provider after completing the purchase of the BGL Group Insurance broker business. The group’s portfolio also includes Brightside Insurance (acquired April 2021) and Insurance Factory, one of the UK’s largest affinity-based insurance intermediaries for pet insurance along with Auto Windscreens, VisionTrack, Vision Vehicle Solutions and brands Geoffrey Insurance and Zenith Insurance. Come and be part of a great team and company and make a difference.

Brief job description:

Firebrand Training have an exciting new opportunity for an Apprentice Cloud DevOps Engineer with Markerstudy Insurance Group, who are ranked highly in the times top 30 big companies to work for, based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Job Description:

To implement and support the delivery of infrastructure and software-based projects around the group into automated and managed Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines (CI/CD) to save time and manual effort, and to speed up the secure development/deployment cycle and reduce errors. The individual is expected to be the interface between the development team members and other departments to help achieve delivery of applications using CI/CD pipelines. To design (and adhere to) standards and best practises to be followed through these pipelines as they move between different environments on the road to Production. CI/CD practises are not exclusive to in-house developed software applications, and therefore other existing applications and installations can be introduced to Continuous Delivery mechanisms through scripting and deployment frameworks. Similarly, CI/CD pipelines can be split between on premise infrastructure and Cloud based setups predominantly Azure. We have a hybrid multi-cloud strategy so other clouds and on premise work will be included.

Your duties and responsibilities in this role will consist of:

• To assist the developers and development teams to achieve their goals in projects or BAU work streams.
• Design, support and implement the CI/CD ecosystem.
• Maintain and implement industry best-practises for automated configuration management and security.
• Deliver a seamless CI/CD solution to one or more Cloud platforms, primarily Azure, and on premises.
• We own our changes and ensure they are tested every step of the way.
• To work in Agile based iterations within multiple teams as required.
• To work with 3rd parties as required.
• To ensure the right level of documentation is created, available and maintained where it relates to DevOps practices.
• To continue to develop the group's technical capabilities using existing and emerging technologies.
• Ensure our solutions minimise system downtime and customer impact.
• Take ownership for platform solutions and optimisations ensuring operational and project outcomes are achieved.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement culture by regularly reviewing and enhancing processes, practices, and standards.

Qualifications:

• 5 GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)

Skills Required:

• Communications skills.
• IT skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Customer care skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Logical Initiative.

Personal qualities:

• Must be a team player and be able to share your successes and learnings.
• Technical problem solving from a complex environment.
• The ability to automate deployments and infrastructure creation in Cloud (primarily Azure, we also utilise all main cloud platforms) and on premises.
• Excellent prioritisation skills.
• Experience of engaging with all levels of the business.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Agile knowledge and experience.
• Ability to manage multiple streams of work under pressure.
• Working in a secure way and adhering to all relevant security standards.
• Cross training and knowledge sharing within the team and externally across the group.
• Ability to work on your own initiative or as part of a team.

Future prospects:

The role offers a permanent role upon completion of the apprenticeship depending on performance.

Training to be provided:

Firebrand’s sector-leading Level 4 Dev Ops Engineer (L4DO) Apprenticeship Programme develops apprentices to understand the concept of DevOps and how the practice is implemented throughout the development lifecycle.

Apprentices will learn how to integrate automatic security controls into DevOps processes and tools, including testing processes as part of a CI/CD pipeline for a successful DevOps implementation.

Firebrands course is delivered either Online (online live instructor led), or face to face in the classroom environment (your choice). Our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Learning Mentors (LMs) and world-leading trainers prepare apprentices to work across multiple sectors.

Completion of this apprenticeship will provide learners with the following world class vendor certifications in addition to the DevOps Engineer apprenticeship:

• BCS Level 4 Diploma in Software Development Methodologies.
• BCS Foundation Level Certificate in DevOps.
• CSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Or Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer.

Key areas covered are:

• Programming in Python.
• Test Driven Deployment.
• Continuous Integration and Deployment.
• General purpose programming.
• Infrastructure-as-code.
• Scripting & API’s.

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Job Type: Apprenticeship

Salary: £27,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3EF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: LKS - Markerstudy