Apprentice Systems Engineer
When you join the IT team as an Apprentice Systems Engineer, we’ll support your development from the start. We’ll help you to play to your strengths, diversify your skills and build an influential career. If you’re motivated and passionate, there’s no limit to how far your ambition could take you.
Role
Our primary role will be to support customers across various systems within the Corporate Services area and engage with customers to help understand their requirements. Other responsibilities will include:
- Engaging with customers and project teams to advise on maintaining and supporting a range of IT systems across areas such as Finance, Procurement, Property, Registrars, Coroners, and more
- Communicating clearly with our customers, being considerate of their needs and aspirations, taking responsibility and doing what we say we will do efficiently and effectively
- Contributing to delivery against agreed priorities and timescales as per the Product team resource plan
- Taking responsibility for your own development and keeping in step with the technologies that are utilised in the product portfolio
- Working alongside members of the team to achieve the learning objectives in the apprenticeship as well as carry out small projects and tasks to assist your learning
- Contributing to identifying risks and issues to the Product Owner, articulating potential impacts, and recommending/ implementing appropriate mitigations
Training
Systems Engineer.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Applications support lead (level 4)
- Training Provider
- TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday - Friday between 9am - 5pm.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 9 Months
- Positions Available
- 2
- Closing Date
- Wednesday, 6th August 2025
- Start Date
- Monday, 8th September 2025
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About the Employer
Suffolk County Council
ABOUT US As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We’re driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities. In return, you’ll enjoy: up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase training and encouragement to expand your knowledge a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation diverse and active staff networks flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day plus more! If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk).
- Company
- Suffolk County Council
- Location
- Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- Employment Type
- Higher Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £27,711 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Suffolk County Council
- Location
- Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- Employment Type
- Higher Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £27,711 a year
- Posted