DevOps Apprentice - Bristol, United Kingdom - QA Ltd

QA Ltd

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Bristol, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Employer description:

CarePlanner is a SAAS company offering a rostering and care management platform to social care organisations, predominantly home care agencies.

We operate a modern technology stack (think Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, AWS, DataDog, CircleCI) and offer a supportive environment in which employees can grow and learn.

Overview:

You will have the opportunity to gain valuable skills, knowledge and experience as you complete an IT - Software and Web Development - DevOps - Level 4 Apprenticeship.

Salary:

£24,000 per annum.

Main role / Responsibilities:

A DevOps Engineer at CarePlanner helps us to support and improve our technical infrastructure.
Supporting software (such as Continuous Integration code), managed services (AWS RDS and ElastiCache to name a few) and containerised environment (we run everything in Kubernetes).
You are a versatile fixer equally happy writing Python or shell scripts to help manage our infrastructure as you are getting to grips with Terraform to manage our infrastructure as code.
You will be involved in architecting solutions to infrastructure problems and then implementing those plans.
Security will be a key concern to you, both security of access to our infrastructure and preempting vulnerabilities to our systems.
You will play a key role in delivering our Information Security Management System, including reminding others of their commitments and upholding your own.

What we are looking for:

Desirable skills:

Methodical, focussed, patient, techlover with a peoplefirst approach and excellent interpersonal skills
Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent attention to detail
Demonstrable interest in, and commitment to, Linux system use, as well as cloud technologies.
Familiarity with the basics of at least one programming language (preferably Python).

Personal qualities:

Have a real willingness to get stuck in and learn by doing
Good interpersonal skills
Questionasking/solutionfinding approach

Entry requirements
The entry requirements for this programme are as follows:

Level 3 Software apprenticeship
OR BTEC Diploma in IT and successful completion of our Aptitude Test
OR two years' experience in a relevant role and successful completion of our Aptitude Test

You may also have a combination of qualifications and experience which demonstrate the minimum foundation needed for the programme. In this instance you could still be considered for the programme.

Find out more here:

Company perks:

City centre Bristol office
Long service holiday allowance (+1 day per year)
Health cash plan
Cycle to Work scheme
Wellbeing Team
Choice of Mac or PC laptop
Team social budget.

Future prospects:

Once you have successfully completed the apprenticeship, future prospects are likely to include being offered a permanent role on the DevOps team, and being offered more autonomy and responsibility.

Important Information:

QA's apprenticeships are funded by the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), an executive agency of the Department for Education.

To be eligible for a Government funded apprenticeship you must have lived in the UK or European Economic Area (EEA) for the last 3 consecutive years.