IT Student Placement

Red Bull Racing Formula One Team; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free daily food allowance

Free gym access and fitness classes

Discounts with partners

Free barista coffee

Job summary

Red Bull Technology Group offers a 1-year placement in Milton Keynes as part of our IT Service Desk. You will deliver customer-oriented support, act as the first point of contact for IT issues, and work across teams to maintain essential systems.

The role combines hands-on technical work with project tasks and opportunities to automate processes. Applicants should be studying an IT-related degree and demonstrate strong communication, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Currently studying an IT related degree.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent customer service and communicate clearly.
• Act as first point of contact on the Service Desk for IT issues.
• Build relationships and collaborate across teams to resolve problems.
• Support and manage critical business applications and tools.
• Set up and configure devices (laptops, desktops, tablets, phones) and virtual machines.
• Participate in project work including hardware refresh and security tasks.
• Identify process improvements and automate tasks where possible.
• Assist with inventory management of software and hardware.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT service desk

Windows batch scripting

Incident response

Education

IT degree in progress

Job description

Red Bull Technology Group have exciting opportunities for undergraduates to join one of our IT Service Desk teams based in Milton Keynes. As a valued member of the team, you will be integrated into the day‑to‑day client support activities of our technical support team as well as helping to maintain and optimise our internal systems. This placement will provide you with an amazing opportunity to understand how an IT department supports the business demands to achieve its goals.

You’ll need to be highly analytical with excellent problem‑solving IT skills. The ability to communicate effectively is a pre‑requisite, as you’ll be dealing with a variety of people at different levels across the business. The role will be technically hands‑on, with a strong culture of doing what needs to be done. Project work is a key part of this role, and you will be expected to work both autonomously and as part of a team. In return you will gain experience in a range of services and technologies. Candidates should be studying an IT related degree.

The main accountabilities of the roles are:

• Deliver excellent customer service and provide excellent communication skills
• As a first point of contact on the Service Desk, you will be part of a team accepting IT related issues (via walk‑ups, telephone/email and desktop support) for the wide range of IT services we provide
• Passionate about building relationships and working with people across various teams
• Support and manage critical business applications and tools
• Technical approach to problem solving
• Setting up and configuring new laptops, desktops, tablets, phones and virtual machines
• Participate in project work (client hardware refresh, update end point controls)
• Proactively identify and propose opportunities to improve processes and systems
• Knowledge of creating batch scripts / windows scripts to automate tasks
• Assist with inventory management of software, hardware and other IT suppliers
• Participate in supporting events
• Incident response support of cyber security alerts

The placement will be for 1 year, starting in the summer of 2027.

Not only is this a fantastic opportunity to complete your student placement at our championship winning team, but it is also a great opportunity to work with some of the greatest talents in F1. A good salary is just the start, there are many other benefits too, such as a free daily food allowance, free gym access and fitness classes, multiple discounts and offers with our partners, free barista style coffee, unlimited Red Bull and much more!