Overview

Position Title: IT Architecture

Company: National Grid

Location: Rowington, UK

Job Description:

Do you have a passion for IT and looking for an apprenticeship that provides an opportunity to work with technology and how we use it across the business? Our IT team provides solutions that help our business manage gas flows across England and Wales. Within National Grid Gas Transmission, technology is key to decision making and optimizing internal business processes to drive efficiencies.

Responsibilities:

  • This role is focused around helping teams that are designing systems and delivering them successfully
  • You will be working with a mixed team of analysts, scrum masters, and suppliers working in an agile delivery methodology
  • You will learn how to gather, organise, analyse and document solutions, as well as supporting a range of technology initiatives.
  • Contribute to solution design and delivery work across business system
  • Use and support a range of different technology software and services
  • Support the programmes using dev ops tools and techniques
  • Assist suppliers and partners integrate with in-house systems
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support analysis of issues that span across multiple systems
  • Perform daily checks, house-keeping, documenting processes and change management
  • Actively attend regular Hub meetings in different teams to encourage involvement and learning

Requirements:

  • This role is focused around data analysis of business information and the insights this can provide to the business to support decision-making and boost performance, known as Business Intelligence.
  • You will be working with a mixed team of analysts, scrum masters and suppliers working in an agile delivery methodology
  • You will learn how to analyse and develop solutions that deliver business benefit and utilise some of the latest technological solutions
  • 2 A levels / A2: Grades A* – C (1 must be in either Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Computing); or
  • BTEC National Certificate OR Diploma Level 3 in IT, Computing, IT Systems and Development, IT (Software Development), IT (Business), ICT Systems and Principles, Computing (Software Engineering Stream) at Grade Merit or Distinction; or
  • HNC/HND in IT, Computing, IT Systems and Development, IT (Software Development), IT (Business), ICT Systems and Principles, Computing (Software Engineering Stream) at Grade Merit or Distinction; or
  • Degree in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Computing.

About National Grid

National Grid is one of the world's largest utilities, focused on delivering energy safely, efficiently, reliably and responsibly. National Grid is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. We play a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to many millions of people across Great Britain and northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner.