Cloud & DevOps Placement (12 mo) — Azure, Docker, .NET

NEXT plc; Leicester; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 12,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT plc is offering a 12-month industrial placement in Leicestershire for students to gain hands-on experience with cloud migrations, IaC, CI/CD, and containerisation. You will work across Windows and Linux environments and learn the .NET stack while supporting migration projects from day one.

You will join a fast-paced, supportive team at our Leicestershire Head Office, with opportunities to develop both technical and professional skills during July 2027 to July 2028.

Qualifications

• Current degree with 12-month placement year (July 2027–July 2028) and strong academic record.
• On track for a 2:1 or higher, or MSc with placement year.
• Interest in cloud computing, CICD, containerisation and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Migrate platforms from on-prem to cloud environments using IaC.
• Configure and manage CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes to containerise applications.
• Collaborate with security and auditing teams on migration projects.

Skills

Cloud concepts

CICD

Containerisation

Infrastructure as Code

Self-motivated

Analytical skills

Programming skills

Education

Degree with placement year

2:1 or higher expected

Tools

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

PowerShell

SQL

.NET Framework

C#

Job description

NEXT plc is offering a 12-month industrial placement in Leicestershire for students to gain hands-on experience with cloud migrations, IaC, CI/CD, and containerisation. You will work across Windows and Linux environments and learn the .NET stack while supporting migration projects from day one.

You will join a fast-paced, supportive team at our Leicestershire Head Office, with opportunities to develop both technical and professional skills during July 2027 to July 2028.