Source: Junior Developer (1 year Sandwich Placement) – FDM Group
FDM is an award-winning FTSE 250 employer wi
th a global footprint and over 200 market leading clients.
We are renowned for our dynamic Careers Programmes, which provides graduates, returners to work and ex-forces personnel with award-winning business and technical training in core disciplines. FDM’s business model is both unique and robust, bringing people and technology together. With centres across the UK, mainland Europe, North America and Asia, FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years and has firmly established itself as an award-winning company and one of the fastest growing companies in Europe.
Reporting to the Internal Development Technical Lead, the Junior Developer works within the internal development team facilitating FDM’s IT development and deployment efforts across its global estate. The development team primarily use C# (knowledge of any OO language will suffice) to build applications for the business.
During the year there is the opportunity to understand all aspects of the business. The role sometimes involves processing a number of basic administrative tasks but your year with FDM will certainly give you exposure to real business life working in a collaborative and energetic company. The ideal person needs to be task orientated, extremely organised, able to multitask, have a high level of attention to detail, the ability to manage the high volume of work, prioritise work in line with the needs of the department, be a team player and effectively communicate with all levels of seniority within the business.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Configuration of applications and environments across a variety of business domains.
- Proactively monitor and manage core development platforms to support the development pipeline.
- Development of key internal applications that help support the wider business.
- Involvement in full SDLC including design, build and test of FDM’s IT systems.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the FDM business model.
- Complete any other work as required.
Requirements
Essential Criteria
- Degree discipline – studying Information Technology or Computer Science and on track to achieve a 2:1 classification.
- Coding – experience of an object orientated programming language; C# is preferable but any other OO language will be acceptable.
- Communication – demonstrate skills in effective verbal and written professional communication; professional and outgoing approach; appropriate level of report writing and professional email communication; confidence when delivering presentations.
- Valuing Others – work individually and collaboratively within the team and wider organisation; show respect and courtesy towards colleagues irrespective