Technical Specialist Industrial Placement

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Do you have a passion for technology? Are you studying for an IT degree and eager to gain some hands on experience in the IT industry? Then this is the ideal opportunity for you. New for 2016, we are offering an exciting 12 month industrial placement programme working with our 250+ Strong Technical Consultancy team.

About Computacenter

Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. We can advise customers on their IT strategy, implement the most appropriate technology from a wide range of leading vendors and manage their technology infrastructures on their behalf. At every stage we make our customers’ businesses sharper by removing cost, complexity and barriers to change across their IT infrastructures.

Computacenter has partner statuses and major relationships with all of the IT industry’s main Tier 1 vendors, including; Microsoft, VMware, Oracle, HPE, IBM, Dell/EMC, RedHat and Splunk.

Technical Specialist Industrial Placement

What will I gain from the programme?

• The opportunity to apply your programming/web based skills to real business scenarios
• Hands on experience of using programming tools such as Python, Javascript and Visual Studio to write programmatic solutions based on Cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services and Azure)
• Exposure to industry standard tools used by many businesses today (VMware, Microsoft), however taking the use of these to the next level though a DevOps approach
• You will be asked to participate in customer engagements helping our Technical Consultants and Architects deliver innovative solutions to problems
• The experience of presenting your ideas and solutions with other technically minded individuals

What criteria do I need to meet to apply?

We’re seeking individuals who are on track for at least a 2:1 honours degree, in Computer Science or equivalent, and are in the penultimate year of their degree. You must have a focus on programming/development, with a basic understanding of these concepts; data types, primitives, statements, expressions, error checking, and debugging approaches. Also an interest in using public cloud as the vehicle for deployment.
The ideal candidate is someone who is enthusiastic, open minded and eager to get stuck in and help come up with solutions.
This is a national role so you’ll need to hold a full UK driving licence and be able to travel across the UK.

Your benefits

• Starting salary of up to £17,000 (pro-rata)
• 23 days holiday per annum (pro-rata)
• Benefits package: Myperks (exclusive discounts up to 40% from some of the top UK retailers), pension, lifestyle and healthcare options
• Technical Mentor for the duration of the program
• Opportunity to put real world I.T. Business experience on your C.V. and to work with many instantly recognisable organisations

How to apply

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