Digital Software Apprenticeship – PA Consulting, Belfast

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA are delighted to be recruiting digital apprentices into our Belfast location for the first time, building on the success of the programme in our London location. We can offer you unique opportunities to develop your skills and gain hands-on software development experience on some of the most complex digital initiatives, where you’ll be using contemporary coding platforms and modern tooling – working alongside our top digital talent.

• Working with a team of experienced software developers and consultants to understand client requirements and develop custom software solutions
• Learning and implementing new technologies and software development best practices
• Participating in code reviews and ensuring the quality of the code
• Participating in meetings with clients to understand their requirements and provide solutions
• Writing documentation and conducting training sessions for clients
• Continuously improving your skills and knowledge in software development

We’d like you to bring:

• Working towards or having achieved CCC in A levels or equivalent – This is aligned with the entry requirements of Ulster University.
• A hunger for new challenges
• A collaborative working style, working at your best in dynamic teams
• The drive to succeed – and to help others achieve the same
• Curiosity and a desire to broaden your understanding of the world
• An enquiring mind, with the capability for innovative and analytical thinking

• Basic understanding of relational and/or non-relational databases (MS Access, MS SQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Awareness of infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Awareness of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

The opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues on real client challenges from the start. The support and coaching to grow your software development skills and experience on real client work, tackling real-world technical and business challenges. The opportunity to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors. To work closely with test and DevOps specialists as well as service managers on automated software releases from development to production. The opportunity to develop software and provide high-level technical designs in collaboration with business analysts, software architects, user researchers, and experience designers. A broad rich base of experience from which to build an outstanding digital career.