IT Specialist for Data and Process Analysis

Your job

You work in a large team with IT specialists, experienced trainers and trainees and support the planning and development of programmes and applications. After an induction phase, you will further develop existing web applications, adapt user interfaces and design and programme your own programmes in various programming languages. In doing so, you will acquire valuable knowledge in many common programming languages and database systems.

Stations and contents of your training

During your three-year training period, you will have the opportunity to build up extensive specialist knowledge in the planning and development of programmes and applications, both in your day-to-day work and as part of internal training sessions. Step by step, you will get to know existing applications and their modes of operation and be introduced to a systematic and methodical approach in fault finding and further developing existing processes. In addition to extensive knowledge in the areas of databases and network applications, you will also be taught detailed specialist knowledge for solving problems with specific programming languages and software architectures.
Soon you will be able to develop extensions independently by changing data models, adapting the software and enhancing the user interfaces. The creation and implementation of concepts for new requirements will also soon be no problem for you. In addition, you will learn to handle database systems and web servers and be introduced to the installation and configuration of your own independent application systems, so that you can also install and configure your own server systems. Due to the use of various systems and applications at the university, you will have the unique opportunity during your entire training to get to know a wide range of relevant systems and applications and at the same time experience the diversity of possible specialisations within the IT sector.

In the area of specialisation in application development, the main focus is on the training and use of advanced programming skills and development tools. For example, you will learn to implement the existing software tests for the possible application cases in such a way that they can be executed automatically with every programme change, so that errors are noticed during development and not only when the user tests them.

In the area of specialisation in data and process analysis, knowledge in the field of operational planning and implementation is deepened. You will learn to define individual steps of the implementation on the basis of operational requirements, to relate them to each other (e.g. sequence of implementation steps) and to prepare them in the form of a graphical representation of the overall process for simplified implementation e.g. in a computer programme.

YouTube video on the training of IT specialist for application development [de]

What you should bring

  • In addition to a secondary school certificate, an interest in mathematics, German, English and physics should be evident from your grades, or through participation in subject-related working groups.
  • Analytical and conceptual thinking skills help you to solve different problems and plan projects successfully.
  • Your willingness to work on complex problems, as well as a certain degree of solution orientation and perseverance, support your commitment in creating solutions.
  • Your well-developed social skills enrich the daily communication with the different customers, so that you can assess their needs and concerns correctly and respond appropriately.
  • Due to your careful and conscientious way of working, your team and our customers can always rely on you.

Training institution & theoretical training

  • The practical training is completed in various areas of the Center for Information Technology (CIT) or in the Digital Services department of the University Library (ULB) of the university.
  • The theoretical training takes place one to two days a week at the Ludwig-Erhard-Berufskolleg [de] in Münster.

Duration of training/possibility of shortening

The training usually lasts 3 years. A reduction to 2 1/2 years is possible for trainees with particularly good performance during the training and at vocational school.

What our trainees say

  • "Research, teaching, administration - no area of the university gets by without the very special software that we develop as a team!"

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Translated with AI assistance.