Cloud Engineer Graduate Programme

Description:

Our department within the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a proven track record of developing people with a passion for IT. This two-year intensive programme will combine formal training with hands on experience, designed to teach you the skills you need to lay a solid foundation for a highly sought-after career in Cloud Engineering.

We are looking for two driven individuals to get involved in this exciting graduate scheme. Furthering your education and being a part of a fast paced and encouraging workforce.

The Cloud Engineer role is part of DVLA's Centre of Digital Excellence (CoDE), looking to build skills across digital roles. You will undertake formal learning alongside building skills and experience, working alongside experienced professionals to shadow, learn and then undertake increasingly complex tasks within your field.

You will work on real services as your skills develop and will be part of the DVLA Cloud Engineering Community.

If you have a Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent or are in your final year of such a degree and have a strong interest in Cloud, then this would be an excellent opportunity for you. If you believe you have a degree in a related subject but are not sure it relates to this qualification requirement, please contact us on the email address at the bottom of this advert.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Spending a substantial portion of time shadowing others
• Working with other engineers to write code and tests
• Building your knowledge
• Deploying and maintaining infrastructure in production environments

You will initially be assigned to work as part of the Agile Squads shadowing professionals to get the basic skills required to write code and tests.
Early in your time with us you will also be taught the basics of Cloud Engineering and DevOps.