Technology Degree Apprentice

Summary

You will work with experienced staff in our Technology department. The program provides an excellent grounding for a long-term career within financial technology. You may work on a range of applications such as enterprise risk management systems, artificial intelligence, low-latency trading infrastructure, data science and data engineering.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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• Pension Scheme (Fidelity Master Trust) • Computer Loan • Study Loan • Employee Share Purchase Plan • Discount at Nuffield Health Clubs, O2 and Tee Box Golf

Training course

Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)

Hours

Shift Days (including college day): Monday - Friday. Day Hours: 7.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

The role of the degree apprentice is to undertake all requirements during the solution development life-cycle from analysis, design, code, build, test, implementation and support. Follow a systematic methodology for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing technology solutions projects using industry standard processes, methods, techniques and tools to execute and manage projects. Communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders both technical and non-technical at all levels of influence and responsibility. Design, build and test high-quality software solutions.

You may also be required to work with other team members on the wider solution and product managers and UX designers in implementing solutions. You will apply software engineering principles to all stages of the solution life-cycle, undertaking analysis and design, development of code and data requirements whilst also ensuring security feature are addressed. As well as creating new code, you can support existing code by troubleshooting, reverse engineering and conducting root cause analysis.

You will typically work as part of a large collaborative team and will have responsibility for significant elements of software solutions. Our degree apprentices will engage in continuous professional development and mentoring others in the development and implementation of digital and technical solutions.

You will participate in a range of activities :

Software development in key languages (python/java/C#/C++)
Systems design
System resilience
Data management
Quality assurance testing
Micro-services based architectures
Dashboards
Dev ops

Where you'll work

150 CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 6ET

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Your training course

Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Analyse a business problem to identify the role of digital and technology solutions.
Identify risks, determine mitigation strategies and opportunities for improvement in a digital and technology solutions project.
Analyse a business problem in order to specify an appropriate digital and technology solution.
Initiate, design, code, test and debug a software component for a digital and technology solution.
Apply relevant standard processes, methods, techniques and tools. For example, ISO Standards, Waterfall, Agile in a digital and technology solution project.
Manage digital and technology solutions projects. For example, identifying and resolving deviations from specification, applying appropriate Project Management methodologies.
Work effectively within teams, leading on appropriate digital technology solution activities.
Apply relevant organisational theories. For example, change management principles, marketing approaches, strategic practice, and IT service management to a digital and technology solutions project.
Apply relevant security and resilience techniques to a digital and technology solution. For example, risk assessments, mitigation strategies.
Initiate, design, implement and debug a data product for a digital and technology solution.
Determine and use appropriate data analysis techniques. For example, Text, Statistical, Diagnostic or Predictive Analysis to assess a digital and technology solutions.
Plan, design and manage simple computer networks with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that network infrastructure solutions enable in an organisational context.
Report effectively to colleagues and stakeholders using the appropriate language and style, to meet the needs of the audience concerned.
Research, investigate, and evaluate innovative technologies or approaches in the development of a digital and technology solution.
Apply relevant legal, ethical, social and professional standards to a digital and technology solution.
Identify and define software engineering problems that are non-routine and incompletely specified.
Provide recommendations as to the most appropriate software engineering solution.
Use appropriate analysis methods, approaches and techniques in software engineering projects to deliver an outcome that meets requirements.
Implement software engineering projects using appropriate software engineering methods, approaches and techniques.
Respond to changing priorities and problems arising within software engineering projects by making revised recommendations, and adapting plans as necessary, to fit the scenario being investigated.
Determine, refine, adapt and use appropriate software engineering methods, approaches and techniques to evaluate software engineering project outcomes.
Evaluate learning points arising from software engineering work undertaken on a project including use of methods, analysis undertaken, selection of approach and the outcome achieved, in order to identify both lessons learnt and recommendations for improvements to future projects.
Extend and update software development knowledge with evidence from professional and academic sources by undertaking appropriate research to inform best practice and lead improvements in the organisation.
Analyse client needs and determine how to advise them strategically through improved business processes, new ideas, or technology solutions.
Effectively communicate value add to the client through a variety of media. For example, presentations, written reports, Storytelling in a professional setting through performing socio-technical process improvements in a range of environments.
Make evidence based recommendations taking into account risks, costs, and benefits.
Participate in walk-throughs for Information Technologies, to identify, document and evaluate key risks within a client’s organisation.
Perform stakeholder analysis to identify, determine and deepen understanding of system requirements and develop client relationships.
Effect change within an organisation through evaluation of a new system, process or initiative.
Ensure legal and ethical requirements are accommodated in the development of digital and technology solutions.
Evaluate the success of new systems, processes, or initiatives.
Use requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation to produce an acceptable solution for business problems or further opportunities.
Conduct Process Analysis, Definition, Mapping and Modelling within a business situation without supervision.
Produce Use Cases which are of value to all stakeholders of a system.
Use tools and benchmarking to support modelling and requirements gathering and recommend approaches to team members as required.
Produce a business case to scope a proposed project including business benefits and recommendations.
Use products of analysis in the design and development of a system.
Evaluate the impacts of model selection and how they inter-relate with each other when generating business analytics.
Recommend and use appropriate software tools to implement Business Analysis tasks and outcomes.
Discover, identify and analyse security threats, attack techniques and vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation and security controls.
Undertake security risk assessments for complex systems without direct supervision and propose a remediation strategy relevant to the context of the organisation.
Recommend improvements to the cyber security approaches of an organisation based on research into future potential cyber threats and considering threat trends.
Manage cyber security risk.
Use appropriate cyber security technology, tools and techniques in relation to the risks identified.
Lead cyber security awareness campaigns and evaluate their effectiveness.
Analyse cyber security requirements against other design requirements for systems or products, identify conflicting requirements and recommend appropriate solutions with clear explanation of costs and benefits.
Lead the design and build of systems in accordance with a security case to address organisational challenges.
Define Data Requirements and perform Data Collection, Data Processing and Data Cleansing.
Apply different types of Data Analysis, as appropriate, to drive improvements for specific business problems.
Find, present, communicate and disseminate data analysis outputs effectively and with high impact through creative storytelling, tailoring the message for the audience. Visualise data to tell compelling and actionable narratives by using the best medium for each audience, such as charts, graphs and dashboards.
Identify barriers to effective analysis encountered both by analysts and their stakeholders within data analysis projects.
Apply a range of techniques for analysing quantitative data such as data mining, time series forecasting, algorithms, statistics and modelling techniques to identify and predict trends and patterns in data.
Apply exploratory or confirmatory approaches to analysing data. Validate and and test stability of the results.
Extract data from a range of sources. For example, databases, web services, open data.
Analyse in detail large data sets, using a range of industry standard tools and data analysis methods.
Identify and collate stakeholder needs in relation to computer network requirements, plans and designs.
Plan, design, document, and develop the relevant elements of a computer network within an organisation or between organisations, taking into account customer requirements (performance, scale), constraints (budget, equipment availability), and define policies for their use.
Monitor performance and ensure networks are configured correctly and perform as expected by designers or architects. Undertake capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices.
Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve data network faults in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources, Physically or Remotely by console connection. Recommend and implement short term fixes to restore service and, or, quality of experience and recommend longer term changes to prevent recurrence or reduce impact of future occurrences.
Implement computer networks from a design including testing and validation. This includes populating variables in configurations, for example, IP addresses and subsequent application of configuration to equipment such as routers, switches, firewalls.
Secure network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access. Support and administer firewall environments in line with IT security policy.
Research and evaluate emerging network technologies and assess relevance to current network requirements. Provide an objective opinion on how new features and technologies may be incorporated as required by the organisation.
Investigate security concerns or attacks. For example, Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS), port scanning, assessing key metrics and indicators, evidencing the chosen steps to mitigate.
Analyse a business problem to identify the role of digital and technology solutions.
Identify risks, determine mitigation strategies and opportunities for improvement in a digital and technology solutions project.
Analyse a business problem in order to specify an appropriate digital and technology solution.
Initiate, design, code, test and debug a software component for a digital and technology solution.
Apply relevant standard processes, methods, techniques and tools. For example, ISO Standards, Waterfall, Agile in a digital and technology solution project.
Manage digital and technology solutions projects. For example, identifying and resolving deviations from specification, applying appropriate Project Management methodologies.
Work effectively within teams, leading on appropriate digital technology solution activities.
Apply relevant organisational theories. For example, change management principles, marketing approaches, strategic practice, and IT service management to a digital and technology solutions project.
Apply relevant security and resilience techniques to a digital and technology solution. For example, risk assessments, mitigation strategies.
Initiate, design, implement and debug a data product for a digital and technology solution.
Determine and use appropriate data analysis techniques. For example, Text, Statistical, Diagnostic or Predictive Analysis to assess a digital and technology solutions.
Plan, design and manage simple computer networks with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that network infrastructure solutions enable in an organisational context.
Report effectively to colleagues and stakeholders using the appropriate language and style, to meet the needs of the audience concerned.
Research, investigate, and evaluate innovative technologies or approaches in the development of a digital and technology solution.
Apply relevant legal, ethical, social and professional standards to a digital and technology solution.

Your training plan

Our specialised BSc in Digital and Technology Solutions combines the academic rigour of Queen Mary University of London's academic excellence with practical work experience within leading employer organisations.

During the programme, candidates will create digital and technology solutions that enable businesses to develop new products and services and increase productivity. The programme emphasises a hands‑on approach to learning programming skills. On completion of the programme, Degree Apprentices will be able to:

Critically analyse a business domain in order to identify the role of information systems
Identify organisational information requirements and model data solutions using conceptual data modelling techniques
Undertake a security risk assessment for a simple IT system and propose resolution advice
Apply organisational theory, change management, marketing, strategic practice, human resource management and IT service management to technology solutions development

Whilst the weekly delivery takes place at the LCIOT, your sprint teaching will take place at Mile End.

You will attend lectures, seminars, labs and tutorials during your on campus days. Your on campus requirement will be one day per week plus one week sprint teaching each semester and you will be in teaching during Semester A, B and C.

Your on campus time will be a minimum of 20% of your total weekly working hours and averages about 5-10 hours contact time.

Further information about the programme can be found here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2025/digital-and-technology-solutions-software-engineering/

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Computer Science or Mathematics (grade AAB or ABB)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Number skills
Team working
Motivated

Other requirements

This is an office-based position with an expectation of attendance in the office on the four days a week when you are not studying.

About this company

We are a leading and well-diversified North American financial institution committed to creating enduring value for our clients, team, communities and shareholders as we activate our resources to create positive change and contribute to a more secure, equitable and sustainable future. At CIBC, our people are our greatest asset. You’ll become part of a diverse community that acknowledges everyone’s unique talents, and empowers teams to do what’s right for the client, and to do it well. As part of our team, you will: • Thrive: Benefit from an open and approachable culture • Connect: Work in a place where the right technology and infrastructure fosters innovation, collaboration and creativity across our global offices • Develop: Grow your skills and career through ongoing learning opportunities, individual development planning, and comprehensive product training • Prosper: Share in our collective success with a competitive salary, incentive pay, employee banking benefits, health benefits program, and employee share purchase plan

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Company benefits

• Private Healthcare (Bupa) • Life Assurance • Group Income Protection • Employee Assistance Program (AXA) • Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme • Cycle to Work scheme • Annual Flu vaccinations • Eyecare • Virgin Pulse Wellbeing App

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the Apprenticeship, candidates will have the opportunity to apply for a full-time Analyst position with CIBC.

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