IT Student Placement - closing date extended

This job is with HM Land Registry, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Job Summary

Have you completed the 2nd year of a relevant IT-related degree programme by the start date September 2025 and are you looking for a placement year in industry? If so, we would love to hear from you.

HM Land Registry (HMLR) are looking for two enthusiastic undergraduates to join a forward thinking organisation that recognises talent and encourages personal development.

It's an exciting time to join us as we continue on a major digital transformation programme. Our existing software systems form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at 7 trillion, enabling over 1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.

Job Description

You will be joining HM Land Registry in September 2025, for a 12 month placement within our Transformation and Technology directorate in the vibrant, waterfront city of Plymouth. There are two posts available for a Junior DevOps Engineer and Infrastructure Engineer.

Main Duties

• Provide technical support for maintenance of IT Infrastructure and platforms, as part of a wider infrastructure engineering community.
• Assist in the planning and management of technical changes related to your IT Operations specialism.
• Pro-actively support live services. Taking the responsibility for the resolution of live incidents or escalation, as appropriate. Support continuous enhancements to live services and systems to prevent service outage.
• Take responsibility for assimilating and developing own knowledge base, keeping up to date with emerging technologies and sharing this across the wider infrastructure community.
• Produce and maintain technical team documentation.
• Share knowledge and experience with others, in line with the continuous improvement agenda and to help build capability within the IT Operations Practice
  
  

What will you get from us?

A year tailored to meet your development needs and experience in a variety of different areas. We will work with you to ensure that you get the most out of your time working with us. We will support your development aspirations and offer flexibility in your working week, to enable you to achieve a positive work life balance.

HMLR believe that a blended approach to where you work may give you an improved experience and has clear business benefits. We expect everyone to typically spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

Please note in the training period, for the first 2 to 4 weeks, it will be expected that you spend 100% of your time in the office.

Please see the attached candidate pack for further information.

Person specification

You must have completed the 2nd year of a relevant (IT-related) degree programme by the start date September 2025 and are looking for a placement year in industry.

You Have The Following Essential Experience

• Effective communication skills, including ability to interact and build working relation with engineers and other stakeholders.
• Technical information gathering, analysis and problem solving.
  
  

Please refer to the Essential Technical Skills required for the role you are applying for.

Please note that these posts are not available for those that have completed a Masters degree.

QualificationsYou must have completed the 2nd year of a relevant (IT-related) degree programme by the start date September 2025 and are looking for a placement year in industry.Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please see 'Essential Technical Skills' under each job description
  
  

BenefitsAlongside your salary of 30,958, HM Land Registry contributes 8,968 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

#WeAreHMLR

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

• We have integrity we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
• We drive innovation we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
• We are professional we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
• We give assurance we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
  
  

You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.

https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2022/11/09/why-work-in-it-at-hm-land-registry/

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Things you need to knowSelection process detailsThis vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Please cut and paste an anonymous CV into the online application form and include your qualifications and career history.

Infrastructure Engineer

You will be asked to complete a personal statement (in no more than 1000 words). This will be used to provide details of how you meet the 'Essential Technical Skills' listed under each job description:

• An understanding of security operations and systems and their use in an operational security environment.
• Experience in cloud security methodologies and practices
• Experience in the use of an enterprise server operating system.
• Experience in designing or configuring an IT system or service.
  
  

Junior DevOps Engineer

• Experience of programming skills (e.g. Python, PHP, Ruby, Java)
• Basic knowledge of using Linux operating systems
• Awareness and interest in working in a DevOps environment.
• Awareness of Cloud Hosting provider and understanding the benefits they provide
  
  

When prompted, please tell us which role you are applying for on the application form.

Please review your application form before clicking submit once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by 23:55 on 24 February 2025.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date and if successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended interview, in our Plymouth office, in March 2025.

The blended interview will assess your essential experience and strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we dont advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questionsis to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.

Candidates may refer to notes within their interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

This Post Will Require a Security Check And Will Therefore Be Subject To Further Background Checks, Including Meeting The UK Minimum Residency Requirement Of 5 Years. Further Details Of The Process And Checks Can Be Found Here

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)Working for the Civil ServiceThe Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.Diversity and InclusionThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further informationThis vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Alex Pirie
• Email : alexander.pirie@landregistry.gov.uk
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk
  
  

Further informationIf you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/

HM Land Registry, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.