We have opportunities available for individuals to join our training programme as a Trainee Software Engineer based at our HQ in Southampton. We are offering a competitive salary of £25,000 per annum...
We have opportunities available for individuals to join our training programme as a Trainee Software Engineer based at our HQ in Southampton. We are offering a competitive salary of £25,000 per annum plus benefits for this full-time, 12 month FTC at the end of which, you will be offered a permanent contract in a relevant Engineering role (pending successful completion of the training programme).
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and a world-leading geospatial data and technology organisation. Serving government, business, and citizens across Britain and the world, OS helps customers in virtually all sectors improve quality of life and we're looking for people to join our journey.
We offer fantastic benefits in return for joining us as our Trainee Software Engineer:
- Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus
- Competitive pension
- 37 hour working week (with flexible working options)
- 25 days annual leave (30 days after five years), plus bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas
- Training and development
- A wide range of additional benefits including free parking, paid volunteer day, support with health and wellbeing, sports and social activities, staff discount on over 500 national stores and more
About the Trainee Software Engineer role:
We are looking for individuals who have great problem-solving skills, and who are enthusiastic and tenacious when faced with a challenge! Starting October 2020, successful candidates will join OS as part of the Common Engineering team; focussed on delivering a world class cloud platform for internal teams, developing automated solutions for common tasks, and working with new and emerging technologies to introduce to the Technology and Design department.
What the training programme involves:
Joining a dedicated professional engineering team, you will embark on a 12-month training programme. You will work closely with technical mentors, who will help you to develop the business and technological knowledge and skills required to flourish within OS.
Over the programme you will have the opportunity to learn and show off your skills in modern software development principles. Technologies you will potentially have the opportunity to work with include: Microsoft Azure, C#, JavaScript, PowerShell, Microsoft Azure DevOps Services, as well as more specialist geospatial technologies such as Esri ArcGIS, and data technologies like Safe FME.
Although we are embracing remote working, applicants would need to be able to travel to our Southampton HQ frequently if required.
By the end of the programme, you should be able to demonstrate competence in:
- Agile software development and DevOps practices
- Software engineering, testing, security, infrastructure, and automation
- Programming languages and tools used by your core area
What we are looking for in our ideal Trainee Software Engineer:
- A passion for technology, engineering, and innovation
- IT experience using programming, or using technology to solve problems
- Taking ownership over your own learning, showing initiative, and quickly acquiring complex skills independently
- Working effectively within a team
Applicants are not expected to start with technical and business skills; we understand that knowledge is grown over time. We are looking for the potential to be a great engineer. Any evidence you already have of software development or testing will support your application and should be provided when applying.
If you're interested in joining a team that lies at the heart of what OS is about, please click 'apply' today to be considered as our Trainee Software Engineer...... click apply for full job details
