DXC Dandelion Autism@Work Programme 2025 - Trainee Application Developer

Who is DXC Technology?

DXC Technology (DXC) is one of the world’s largest and most successful IT companies and knowing our people and demonstrating our values are the most important elements of our success. We invest in personal growth and development creating an environment where you will be supported to build a thriving career.

DXC’s Autism@Work Programme

The DXC Dandelion Program is a paid employment programme designed to identify and recruit people from within the autistic community and provide the necessary workplace and job related skills to help build a career. This is done in a supported team environment with team members who are skilled in working with people on the autism spectrum.

The work will performed on site 5 days a week at our offices in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 

Background

At DXC, one of our accounts has openings for Cloud Application Developers for varying skill levels. However, you will need some prior application development experience for this role. That experience may have been gained at college, university or through other work experience.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that designs and builds cloud-based software solutions using platforms like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, and also private cloud environments.

What you will be doing

As part of the DXC Dandelion Programme you will be working with the DXC team to learn how to:

• Work with other people in different job roles to understand the project goals, technical requirements, and business needs

• Help the customer understand and use new technologies and methods

• Build automated solutions that solve problems for the customer

• Make sure your solutions are secure and meet security rules

• Design systems that can handle a lot of users and are reliable

  
  

Helpful Skills and Technologies

You do not need to know all of these to apply. These are commonly used in the role, and experience with any of them is helpful:

• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop

• Programming languages: Python, Go, React

• Front-end development: JavaScript frameworks, HTML5, CSS3

• Web servers: NGINX, Apache, JBoss

• Application deployment in cloud environments

• API development and integration

• DevOps tools: Atlassian tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence), Git, Bitbucket, Subversion

• Working with databases: Understanding of database structure and query languages

• Understanding asynchronous programming (running tasks at the same time)

• Working knowledge of secure cloud configuration

• Knowledge of authentication and identity systems: ADFS, SSL/TLS certificates, OIDC, OAUTH2, Keycloak, Red Hat SSO

  
  

Skills We Value

• You’re willing to work with others and can share information in a way that works for you and the team

• You ask for help when needed and share ideas to solve problems

• You are interested in learning new technologies and tools

• You are supported to plan your time and can work towards completing tasks by agreed deadlines.

• You’re open to working with others and can ask for help or offer support when things change quickly.

• You pay attention to detail and take pride in your work

If you have further specific questions related to this role application or the salary for the role, you can email your questions to info@untapped-services.com