Dev Ops Apprenticeship

Description:

Our Tech & Data teams focus on what’s behind the millions of daily transactions on London’s transport network. As a part of our fast-paced Technology & Data teams you’ll learn the skills required to support the teams that keep London Moving, and work with cutting-edge technologies to deliver software that’s used by millions of Londoners every day.

Our Technology Development and Technology Service Operations teamwork across a range of technologies from coding languages such as C#, Java, Microsoft Azure, SQL, python and lots of other exciting software. We use technology to improve the journeys of our customers, maximise the efficiency of our network and to extract insight from our data to enable us to make key business decisions.

What will I be doing?

As an apprentice, your development programme will be made up of 4 - 5 placement rotations. For example, in Revenue DevOps, Corporate Development and Support, Online Development, Tech Dev Build Team or Service Operations. Our aim is to give you the skills and breadth of experience you need for your successful career. We also understand that everyone’s career is different, so every apprentice’s journey is unique. Here’s an idea of what yours may look like:

Year 1

Initial training – 1 month

You meet fellow apprentices who are starting their DevOps development scheme at the same time as you. Over four weeks you are introduced to the fundamentals of creating, maintaining and supporting applications with C# and Microsoft Azure technologies and learn how to test and monitor your code, whilst in a supportive and friendly group setting. This informal training is led by current developers and DevOps engineers from our teams, including recent apprentices, and equips you with the knowledge and confidence to start your first placement.

Placement 1 example – Revenue Systems DevOps Development

Using C# and Azure, your team supports a scalable platform for calculating the charges related to fares and/or road usage. With guidance from Microsoft engineers, you learn how to develop and support applications using the right technology from their ever-changing range of products. Extend your knowledge of testing and learn how to optimise the performance of components before they’re released and then how to monitor and support the live systems for any issues.

Placement 2 example – Professional Services and Digital/Analytics

• Supporting applications and O365 Suite (SharePoint, MS Dynamics and Livelink Document management)

• Write and edit work instructions for tasks in technical area ensuring all work is completed to these standards.

• Respond to and resolve incidents across a range of Professional Services completing small developments and fixing incidents.

• Learn basic Database Admin activities

• Rotate to work alongside the developers coding new developments

• Transition CI/CD into service live across different sprints.