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IT Student Placement - HM Land Registry - EO

Government Digital & Data -

Full-time (Permanent)
£30,958
Published on
23 January 2025
Deadline
16 February 2025

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. 

Qualifications

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.

Technical skills

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

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


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