Azure Cloud Engineer Apprentice: Earn While You Learn

QA; Leeds; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Private health insurance

Workplace pension

Death in Service cover

Job summary

QA is offering an apprenticeship in cloud engineering with a focus on Azure, networking, automation and infrastructure. You will learn through training, mentoring and shadowing, then take on more responsibility as confidence grows. By programme end, you gain a recognised qualification and valuable industry experience.

You’ll join a programme supporting real business systems and projects, working in a collaborative team led by a mentor. 37.5 hours weekly with generous leave and benefits.

Qualifications

• Three GCSEs (or equivalent) with grades 4+ in any subjects.
• GCSE Maths and English at grade 3+ (or equivalent).
• Prospective apprentices must not hold a higher qualification in a similar subject.

Responsibilities

• Learn fundamentals of Microsoft Azure, virtual machines, storage and networking.
• Support routine system administration tasks and user access management.
• Develop understanding of networking concepts including IP addressing, DNS, firewall basics.
• Create simple PowerShell and Python scripts to automate tasks.
• Gain exposure to Git, Terraform and Kubernetes tools.
• Assist with maintenance, updates and cloud-based projects under supervision.
• Work closely with mentor and wider engineering team.
• Communicate progress and ask questions when needed.
• Build relationships across engineering, security, data and product teams.

Skills

Technology interest

Willingness to learn

Communication

Team player

Education

3 GCSEs (4+ in any subject)

GCSE Maths and English 3+

Tools

Git

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

QA is offering an apprenticeship in cloud engineering with a focus on Azure, networking, automation and infrastructure. You will learn through training, mentoring and shadowing, then take on more responsibility as confidence grows. By programme end, you gain a recognised qualification and valuable industry experience.

You’ll join a programme supporting real business systems and projects, working in a collaborative team led by a mentor. 37.5 hours weekly with generous leave and benefits.