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You’ll be on the front lines: building AI-powered digital workflows, deploying intelligent automation, and turning complex business challenges into sleek, working solutions.\nOur 3-Year IT Degree Apprenticeship gives you the best of both worlds: earn a fully funded Bachelor’s degree (zero student debt!), receive a competitive salary from Day 1, gain industry certifications, and build a direct launchpad towards an exciting career as a Forward Deployment Engineer within Cisco IT.\nYou will be supported every step of the way:\nDedicated Apprentice Manager: Dedicated leader coaching your career direction, university progress, and overall well-being.\nExperienced Technical Mentors & Buddies: Senior engineers and former apprentices who guide your technical learning day-to-day.\nYour Apprentice Cohort: A tight-knit community of fellow apprentices who learn, experiment, and celebrate achievements together.\nTailored Technical Rotations: Rotate through Cloud Infrastructure, AI Platform Engineering, Data & Automation, and Enterprise Applications.\nYour Impact\nTechnology and AI are evolving at lightning speed, and Cisco IT is where that future gets built. You will partner side-by-side with modern AI tools and LLMs to solve real business bottlenecks and supercharge productivity.\nYour 3-Year Journey to Forward Deployment Engineer:\n Year 1 (Foundation & Discovery): Build core software, networking, and IT fundamentals in a safe, supportive team. Master Cisco IT tools, explore AI-assisted workflows, shadow live engineering projects, and identify your technical strengths.\n Year 2 (Acceleration & Applied Engineering): Lean into your strengths across specialized rotations. Collaborate on live projects, build automation scripts, deploy AI workflows to solve business challenges, and take on project ownership in agile teams.\n Year 3 (Advanced Delivery & Forward Deployment): Operate with high autonomy as an emerging Forward Deployment Engineer. 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