Infrastructure & Technology Scottish Graduate (Degree) Apprenticeship – IT: Software Developmen[...]

Avature; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Quality Engineer apprentice, working 4 days a week at IBM while studying at university. This role offers hands-on experience in a SCRUM team, focusing on Quality Assurance and testing within a significant public sector project, with opportunities for career development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days per year

Flexible Benefits: including healthcare and other perks

IBM Rewards: Enjoy discounts and benefits at high-street shops and cinema

Qualifications

• Keen interest in technology.
• Eligibility for Security Clearance.
• Maths & English Scottish National 5 grade C or above.

Responsibilities

• Work in a SCRUM/Agile team with DevOps and Developers.
• Understand requirement analysis and testing techniques.
• Support Quality Assurance and Testing processes.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD Pipelines

Agile

Education

Pre-University Qualification

SQA Highers at Grade BBBB

Job description

We are looking for someone to join our team as a Quality Engineer. You will be working 4 days a week at IBM and studying 1 day a week at university for an IT: Software Development graduate (degree) apprenticeship.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Testing Engineer you will be part of a SCRUM / Agile Team, working within a team of DevOps, Developers and Business Analysts supporting one of the largest Public sector engagements in the UK for IBM. The Quality Assurance and Testing process across the lifecycle is enabled through test tooling such as CI/CD Pipelines and automated test frameworks.

• Work with AWS (Amazon Web Services) Infrastructure
• Work in a Cross functional SCRUM team with a Scrum Master, Developers, Business Analysts and Architects
• Gain a good understanding of requirement analysis (user stories, acceptance criteria), test types, testing techniques and tools
• Gain a good understanding of the CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/Groovy

You will join IBM's Cloud Advisory practice with the opportunity to develop your career within IBM Consulting.

As an IT: Software Development graduate (degree) apprentice, you’ll learn all about designing, building and testing software. You'll work with new and emerging technologies and a wide range of people in a fast-paced, growing sector. You'll also understand how software development fits into a business environment. The key content areas which make up the IT: Software Development Graduate Apprenticeship are: Technology; Business; Personal and interpersonal; Project software and development management

There's an opportunity to experience University life and meet apprentices from other organisations during days at university and interactive learning sessions.

Competitive Benefits Package:

• Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days per year
• Flexible Benefits: including healthcare and other perks
• IBM Rewards: Enjoy discounts and benefits at high-street shops and cinema
  

Required education

Pre-University Qualification

Required technical and professional expertise

• All our apprenticeships are office based (if not on a client site) a minimum of 3 days a week, these are NOT remote roles. You need to live within commutable distance of IBM Glasgow location.
• You will need to be mobile as all our apprenticeship roles will be client focused, and you may find yourself working at client sites or other IBM locations which could require extensive travel and staying away from home during the week.
• You will need to resident in Scotland. This is a requirement for funding for the graduate apprenticeship via SAAS. (https://www.saas.gov.uk/full-time/graduate-apprenticeships-funding)
• Roles require eligibility for Security Clearance.
• You must be authorised to work in the UK without sponsorship.
• Maths & English Scottish National 5 grade C or above or equivalent. (We may request a certificate of equivalency, which will be your responsibility to provide.)
• Achieved/ predicted a minimum of four SQA Highers at Grade BBBB, ideally including Maths or Computing. If your grades are predicted, you will need to provide us with evidence of your grades on results day.
• You cannot have already started or completed an apprenticeship or university course in a similar area.

You don't need to be studying technology, computer science or STEM subjects but you must have a keen interest and passion in technology. We’re seeking talented individual who are curious about Tech.

Start dates for 2025
We are looking for Apprentices who will start on the following date in 2025 – please note we cannot make any exceptions to this start date.

• 1st September 2025

We recommend you apply as soon as possible as our apprenticeship opportunities are very popular and we will close for applications as soon as we have sufficient candidates.Please note that we will only consider candidates that will attach their resume.

Preferred technical and professional experience

None

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Job Title

Scottish Graduate (Degree) Apprenticeship – IT: Software Development

Job ID

35532

City / Township / Village

GLASGOW

State / Province

Glasgow City

Country

United Kingdom

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Entry Level

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(8660) IBM United Kingdom Limited

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?