Do you have the drive and ambition to develop your data and software development skills to build a career in IT?
Are you looking for a rewarding job that pays you while you train, while gaining a Degree with an award-winning leader in digital transformation?
If so, this Data Engineering Degree Apprenticeship Programme would be an excellent opportunity for you.
This role is part of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA's) Centre of Digital Excellence, looking to build skills across digital roles. You will undertake formal learning alongside building skills and experience in one of DVLA's Data Teams.
Our department within the 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 Data Engineering.
We are looking for two driven individuals to get involved in this exciting Degree Apprenticeship Programme. Furthering your education and being a part of a fast paced and encouraging workforce.
Whilst working towards the Junior Data Engineer Role you will learn how to help build tools, services and how to transform data to make it available to analysts, data scientists and users.
Successful applicants will have good analytical skills and take a positive approach to solving problems.
What is a Data Engineer?
Data Engineers are Software Engineers who specialise in development of data products and services. At DVLA, as Data Engineers, we use modern cloud technologies to provide the business with a data platform which allows us to get value from the data we collect and store. It is a role that requires a significant set of technical skills including various programming languages like Python and SQL. It is also a role that requires good understanding of data, and collaboration skills.
This programme will combine classroom training with hands on experience, designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed in a long-term career in IT.
Successful candidates will spend up to one day a week in a classroom environment. The rest of their time will provide on-the-job experience, working directly with teams as part of the DVLA's IT community. This is a fantastic opportunity where you will grow your wider skills such as teamwork, resilience, communication, and problem solving.
By end of the programme you will earn a Level 4 qualification in Software Engineering.
Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on:
Thursday 27th March 2025 at 12:00pm - Please click here to book on.
Thursday 3rd April 2025 at 12:00pm - Please click here to book on.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
* Being part of an Agile Scrum team, creating, estimating, developing and testing of product backlog items
* Helping to build robust and scalable automated data pipelines and learning how to use Infrastructure as code to deploy Azure cloud infrastructure
* Supporting the implementation of data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) system
* Supporting the Data Engineering team to document source-to-target mappings and build data streaming systems
* Supporting the development of business intelligence reports that can be reused
You will have the opportunity to build/develop your data and software development skills in cloud platforms including Azure and AWS working with programming languages like Python, SQL, C#, work with streaming and batch type data processing solutions. You will learn modern, team based software development practices like Agile, DevOps, pair and team programming, automated testing and test driven development.
For further information about the role please see the attached role profile.
Additional Information
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
The programme will include undertaking a number of qualifications that will require examinations as well as on-team training. There will be regular assessment points to evaluate the progress and proficiency of candidates. You will be assessed at checkpoints throughout the programme, failure to successfully meet the standard during checkpoints could result in 3 months’ notice being provided to cease employment.
We reserve the right to seek full or partial repayment of costs associated with your qualification, should you not contribute to the programme, or may include related costs such as exam fees, membership fees or materials.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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