Cleared Software Engineers/Trainees, IT Consultancy, Infrastructure Services, (392lw) - Remote or Hybrid (Gloucester) - £45,000 – £55,000 + benefits

A fantastic opportunity for Service Leavers/veterans seeking a career in Software Engineering within a fast paced and growing IT consultancy company. Our client is very open to Cleared (DV or Green Badge ideally/OR SC) ex-military candidates, to come in as Trainees, who have some coding experience and/or background in Network Security/Engineering, Cyber, IT/Computing related Degree. Our client offers autonomy, recognition, and good career progression. They actively encourage and support their employees with personal development and are focused on ensuring employees are at the core of their future business model. They also offer a forward-thinking environment with high-tech facilities, equipment, and solutions.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY.

Our client’s goal is to create amazing solutions to complex problems. This generally means that they get involved in areas that their clients find particularly complex or innovative.
Their recent project for a large client involved creating a bespoke test harness and framework for a solution suite comprising of multiple bespoke products developed by third-party suppliers. Their relationship with the client gave them the freedom to look at algorithm-based solutions as well as AI integrations that could improve the overall delivery.

Following a period of growth and expansion, our client are in the exciting early stages of developing their consultancy and data services business areas and are looking for candidates who are not only capable of working within their customer embedded teams, but who also have a desire to challenge themselves, learning new technologies and skills and progress within the company as opportunities arise.

About the role:
This role is predominantly home based with occasional travel to their Gloucester office as required.
Additionally, there may be a requirement to travel to customer sites on an infrequent basis. As a developer you will be working within a small team of specialists providing expertise to a large client developing predominantly opensource technologies to address bespoke requirements.
A part of this role will include publishing improvements back to opensource projects so a familiarity with working on opensource projects would be beneficial.

Due to the nature of small team working, you will be expected to assist in areas outside of code development and will be actively engaged as a team member providing technical expertise in design workshops, highlighting improvements, and identifying opportunities for enhancements.

You will be required to have technical knowledge of at least one core programming language with the ability to pick up others quickly & comfortably work with others (training will be provided). Knowledge of a range of DevOps related technologies and a good working understanding of testing and architecture practices as a whole will also be beneficial (however, training will be provided for ex-military candidates).

Key technologies used:
ElasticSearch
Kibana
Apache Nifi
Java
Golang
Docker
Python
Ansible

Key Skills:
The ability to successfully communicate ideas and technical details to a wide audience with varying levels of system knowledge.
Able to work within an agile team to defined deadlines
Security clearance (Ideally DV or Green Badge, OR SC)

What you will get from our client -
• Competitive Salary depending on experience (please note there is an opportunity to gain additional annual remuneration for on-site work & having a green badge)
• Employer pension contribution of 6%
• £4k per year training budget
• 25 days holiday per year (not including bank holidays)
• Travel expenses paid
• Yearly bonus based on line manager reviews
• Office equipment as required
• Access to employee car purchase schemes

Why work for our client:
If you are looking to join an innovative environment, then look no further. Our client encourage autonomy and you will be trusted to get things done and ask for help when you need it. In return we can offer you a competitive salary with good benefits, a training budget and progression, along with the right mix of challenges, learning and development opportunities.

If you are interested in applying, please send a copy of your CV & outline why this would be the ideal opportunity for you, by email to [email protected] or [email protected]

https://www.ex-mil.co.uk/vacancies/7572/cleared-software-engineerstrainees-it-consultancy