Cloud Platform Engineering Placement Programme

Motability Operations Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Motability Operations Ltd in London is offering a placement role in Cloud Platform Operations. You will support, maintain and improve scalable cloud platform infrastructure services and be accountable for its availability.

The role requires joining the London office at least three days a week, with hybrid working where you may work remotely up to two days. Ideal candidates are eager to learn cloud technologies, scripting (Java/Python), and have some command-line experience.

Qualifications

• Studying in the second year of your undergraduate degree that includes a year in industry, and eager to start a placement in July 2027.
• Excited to join us in our London office at least three days a week
• You have some experience using the command line and are interested in developing your skills further.
• You have an interest in scripting and some experience with Java or Python, whether through your studies, projects or personal learning.
• You’re interested in how software is developed and have some awareness of software development methodologies, such as Agile.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain and improve highly scalable and reliable cloud platform infrastructure services.
• Be accountable for the day-to-day operations of the Cloud Platform and its availability.
• Work with Run and Build squads in an Agile environment to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Command line

Scripting

Java or Python

Agile awareness

Education

Undergraduate year 2 with year in industry

Job description

What you’ll be doing

Reporting into the Platform Service Delivery Lead the key responsibility of the role is to support, maintain and improve highly scalable and reliable cloud platform infrastructure services. You will be responsible for the day to day operations of the Cloud Platform and be accountable for its availability.

About The Role

Reporting into the Platform Service Delivery Lead the key responsibility of the role is to support, maintain and improve highly scalable and reliable cloud platform infrastructure services. You will be responsible for the day to day operations of the Cloud Platform and be accountable for its availability.

Who You’ll Be Working With

Platform Services are responsible for ensuring that our cloud platforms are always available to meet the needs of our customers.

Continuous improvement is a key ethos of the team. The teams are organised into run and build squads. The run squad is responsible for day to day monitoring and support. The Build squad looks for continuous improvement opportunities to enhance the services that we offer. Both squads’ work in a fully agile way and are rotated.

We pride ourselves on going to extra mile for customers and being an integral part of Motability Operations cloud delivery team.

About You

Are you someone who enjoys solving problems, bringing fresh ideas to a team and making a difference? You enjoy problem-solving and have some experience working in an operations environment. You’re motivated by making a difference and enjoy bringing new ideas and fresh perspectives to a team. You’re also keen to learn, with an interest in developing your knowledge of cloud technologies and containerisation.

Minimum criteria

• Studying in the second year of your undergraduate degree that includes a year in industry, and eager to start a placement in July 2027
• Excited to join us in our London office at least three days a week
• You have some experience using the command line and are interested in developing your skills further.
• You have an interest in scripting and some experience with Java or Python, whether through your studies, projects or personal learning.
• You’re interested in how software is developed and have some awareness of software development methodologies, such as Agile.

Motability Operations is a Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, any applicant considered to have a disability who meets the minimum criteria as set out in the role profile, will be offered an interview.

We also have a responsibility to actively seek out and attract disabled candidates by providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

This involves flexibility and adjusting as required when assessing candidates to ensure those with a disability have the best possible chance of demonstrating their suitability for the job.

About The Company

We’re the company behind the Motability Scheme. We exist to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. We’re the UK’s largest car leasing company and we help over 900,000 people get on the road.

We employ over 1800 people, across London, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Coalville. We know our people are key to our success, so we aim to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm to meet our customers' needs.

What we do

We lease a wide range of tailored mobility solutions to people who receive of one of the Government’s qualifying mobility allowances. Our customers choose a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), scooter or powered wheelchair that best suits their needs. We take care of their insurance, breakdown, servicing and more, as part of our worry‑free package.

At the end of the lease, our customers can exchange their vehicle for a brand‑new model. Each year we sell and move around 200,000 cars. This makes us the largest supplier of single‑source vehicles back into the used car market.

The Scheme has been providing affordable, all‑inclusive motoring for over 45 years. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, with an independent customer satisfaction rating of 9.4 out of 10.

Our Values Are At The Heart Of Everything We Do

• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care

We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on‑site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work /life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2‑days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part‑time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

Motability Operations reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist.