Junior Platform Engineer; SRE

Do you have an inquisitive mindset, enjoy problem solving, and have an interest in tech?

Corecom Tech Academy provides you with the opportunity to learn everything you need to build a successful career in IT, across a range of roles, without any previous experience or a specific degree. In fact - if you don’t have a degree, we definitely want to hear from you!

We are an inclusive and diverse technology academy committed to creating equitable opportunities for those looking to work in tech. Our commitment to you is you will be paid a competitive salary, above the National Living Wage from day one while you train, before going to work on our clients' projects using the skills you've gained.

Our client, BAE Digital Intelligence, are looking to grow their Site Reliability capability following continuous growth and success in the UK National Security sector at their Manchester Office.

‘Our people are what differentiates us. They are resourceful, innovative and dedicated. We have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to our success. We recognise the benefits of forming teams from a mix of disciplines, which allows us to come up with cutting-edge, high-quality solutions’

It all starts with our introductory training courses, covering everything you need to know to get started in the world of site reliability engineering. Our in-depth training is full time and is delivered on a hybrid learning basis (classroom & and remote). You'll learn a lot quite quickly – it will be fast-paced, but enjoyable and highly engaging!

After the training period you’ll have the opportunity to gain industry experience by joining BAE and working on their projects. For this specific role you will:

• Work across a variety of customer facing projects and problems to deploy and maintain our customers Software Platforms
• Be able to write code that can contribute to the creation of mission critical systems
• Use a variety of programming languages and technologies. Engineers are versatile and can work with various languages and technologies depending on the situation. You might specialise in 1 or 2 technical areas, or might want to learn many more on your journey through the business
• Become proficient in AWS Cloud (extensive training to be provided on this technology from BAE)
• Use monitoring, data and reporting to understand how systems are performing, identify problems and help improve the reliability of critical services
• Help investigate incidents and technical issues, using data and evidence to understand what went wrong and prevent problems from happening again

• Have a passion for working in Software development, cloud development and an interest in exploring Agile methodologies and ways of working
• Be able to display the following competencies and behaviours: problem solving, attention to detail, adaptability and the desire to ‘fix’ things
• Be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to build trust and a rapport
• Motivated by technical challenges
• Ability and enthusiasm to learn - you’re up for the challenge and ready to work hard for it
• You have a degree, but it doesn’t have to be in Comp Sci or a STEM degree
• You don’t have a degree, but you have some recent work experience or you’ve been doing some upskilling in technology recently

• Competitive salary from day one - above the UK Living Wage as part of our commitment to the Living Wage Foundation
• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before. This will increase with length of service (5/10years)
• You can work around core…