IT Job Options
Where could FDM take you?
Once your intensive training is completed, you will begin an exciting journey as an FDM IT Consultant, working with some of the world’s most prestigious organisations.
IT Development
In the development streams, you can specialise in either Sun Microsystems’ Java or Microsoft’s .NET technologies, working individually or as part of a software development team to design systems, write and implement complex code. Career progression includes Senior Development, Systems Design or Technical Team Leader roles. Developers in both technology sets are in very high demand, which reveals exciting opportunities working with our clients in a wide range of industries.
Test Analysis
As a Test Analyst, you will oversee the software development life cycle and critically examine user interfaces, scripts and processing code. Working with the technical, commercial and end-user aspects of the software, you will be responsible for ensuring that the final software adheres to stringent quality assurance standards. This career path requires analytical and technical skills, combined with diplomacy and a process-orientated, client-focused approach. Career development options include Senior Tester, Test Team Leader, Quality Assurance Consultant, and Business Analyst roles.
Application Support
In an Application Support Analyst role, you would typically work within large investment banks to solve technical and work flow issues relating to the software and systems that support key areas of the business, such as the trading floor. You will be dealing directly with stock, risk, derivatives or futures traders, supporting the smooth running of critical business applications. Career progression includes becoming a Support Team Leader or Trading Software Technical Specialist, building a strong career in investment banking systems.
Infrastructure Analysis
As an Infrastructure Analyst you will support, bolster and improve existing Infrastructure arrangements for our clients. You will be given the opportunity to undertake a wide variety of roles, ranging from Infrastructure Support on client sites, to being part of, or even leading, fully managed technical projects. Typical assignments may consist of system updates and refreshes, server consolidation, migration and business as operational activities. Primarily you will be responsible for supporting a robust infrastructure, key to organisational success for companies throughout the world.
Project Management Office
Project Management Office (PMO) is the heart of the delivery organisation. As a Project Analyst you will be totally absorbed within the project life cycle, from project planning, to project scheduling, to risk analysis and project tracking. Utilising industry processes and tools, you will ensure consistent management by overseeing the project portfolio and communicating with each customer to ensure project delivery.
Your FDM IT Career
FDM’s clients span a range of industries internationally and include over half of the FTSE 100 companies. Many of our clients have worked with us for over five years and some have been our customers for more than a decade.
You will work as an FDM Consultant for a minimum of two years. Many Consultants enjoy working in a number of client offices over that period, experiencing different challenges and a variety of work cultures. At the end of the two years, you are free to explore the many options that would then be opened up to you, although many Consultants opt to stay with FDM.
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