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A graduate role focused on developing into a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Product Owner, bridging business and tech by analysing data, managing projects, and improving digital systems.Main Purpose of The Role: We are recruiting four vacancies across IT, for recent graduates! Two in our Enterprise Applications team and a further two in Technology Operations!   Constellation Automotive Group Enterprise Applications Team are looking for a motivated and analytical recent graduate to join as a Junior with a long term learning journey to eventually grow into a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Product Owner. You will work with an experienced Manager who will develop and improve your skill set through hands-on project experience, and structured training. Longer term you will help you develop your skills to enable you to help shape the future of our enterprise systems.  The Role The Technology: Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a powerful suite of business applications that helps organisations run smarter and more efficiently. Your manager will tailor a learning journey that will include hands on project experience, working with different teams such as: · Customer Engagement (CRM): Helps businesses keep track of customers and make sure they’re supported when they need it most. · Business Central (BC): Often used by smaller businesses to manage finances, operations and customer relationships. · Finance and Operations (ERP): The financial heartbeat of the business — managing money, resources, and planning for what’s ahead. By the end of your learning journey you will be ready to step into a D365 Product Owner role.  You’ll work directly with clients, support real projects, and help implement market-leading software. You’ll collaborate across different teams, take ownership of small projects, and slowly build the confidence and expertise needed to take on larger product responsibilities. A D365 Product Owner acts as the link between business teams and technical teams. You’ll help define priorities, shape the product roadmap, and make sure we’re building tools that solve real user problems and deliver genuine business value. We’re looking for someone analytical, curious, and passionate about technology and product development. About your learning journey 90% of your learning will be achieved through hands on project experience, including: Business Orientation: Get to know our organisation, how we work, and how technology drives value. Project 1 – Systems Tester: Learn how systems behave, how users interact with them, and how to ensure the product meets quality standards. Project 2 – Project Management / Analyst: Build skills in delivery, stakeholder management, and cross-team collaboration. Project 3 – Junior Product Owner: Learn how to build product strategy, manage a backlog, and drive value for the business. 10% of your learning will be achieved through professional development including core business soft skills as well as academic professional certification such as Project Management and expert certification in D365. You will also have the support of a wider Constellation Automotive Group Graduate community, skilled mentors and Learning Development experts. It will be your learning journey, developed with your Manager, but owned by you.  A little more on the hands-on projects you will participate in: Supporting Senior Product Owners with defining strategy and roadmaps Running user testing sessions and improving features based on insights Gathering and analysing feedback and data Working with Engineering, Design, and Operations from idea to launch Writing clear product requirements and supporting technical delivery Tracking key metrics and recommending improvements Managing tasks, progress, and presenting your work Sharing updates with teams across the business Helping gather and refine requirements with stakeholders Supporting backlog management and sprint planning Analysing product performance to spot opportunities  What skills are we looking for? The Junior role doesn’t need to know about Enterprise Applications or D365, but you must master these core skills: Enthusiasm for understanding business problems and how technology can solve them Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to turn complex information into clear insights A passion for technology, innovation, and customer experience Comfortable working independently and as part of a team Strong written and verbal communication skills Enjoys working in a fast-paced and diverse environment Confident with Microsoft Office and keen to learn more  Your Academic Background? Recent Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or similar Master’s degree (optional): Information Systems, or Engineering Management   We’ve put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:Onsite parkingCompany Pension SchemeCycle to work schemeAn Employee Assistance ProgrammeEnhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leaveAccess to trained Mental Health First AidersAccess to BCA Rewards which provides online and store discounts with a range of retailersAnd so much more…As the automotive industry changes, we’re changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We’re the number one in what we do for a reason and that’s because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Posted 20 days ago

A graduate DevOps-focused IT role involving cloud (AWS), automation, and infrastructure management to build scalable and secure systems.Main Purpose of The Role: We are recruiting four vacancies across IT, for recent graduates! Two in our Enterprise Applications team and a further two in Technology Operations!  Constellation Automotive Group (CAG) Technology Operations are looking for a recent technology graduate to join as a Junior with a long-term learning journey to eventually grow into a DevOps Engineer with AutosOnShow, a subsidiary of CAG. You will work with an experienced Manager who will develop and improve your skill set through hands-on project experience, and structured training. Longer term you will help you develop your skills to enable you to transition from manual tasks to technical supportive ownership of a commercial cloud environment. The Role: The Technology: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider. You will be able to support a end-to-end lifecycle of cloud infrastructure, from the initial mapping of architecture on computerised whiteboards to the automated deployment of non-production resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Your manager will tailor a learning journey that will include hands on project experience, working with different technologies. Your build your skills through serving as a "Responder" for system alerts, maintaining the health of CI/CD pipelines, and from writing Python or Bash scripts to automate repetitive tasks in a "Security-First" approach. Month 1: IAM (users/roles), VPC basics, and CloudWatch. Month 2: AWS CLI, S3, and EC2/Lambda fundamentals. Month 3: Introduction to IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) - Reading and "Plan-ing" code Month 4-6: CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline) and Linux Month 7-12: Ownership of small features and incident response. Focusing on ECS/EKS, Serverless and Security. In time you will learn to be responsible for end to end projects Mapping of architecture on a computerised whiteboard based of findings Automate a simple repetitive task (e.g., a script to list unused EBS volumes or older S3 snapshots). Deploy a single, non-production resource (like an S3 bucket or an SQS queue) using your team’s IaC standards. Create a new CI/CD "branch" for a dummy application that includes a mega linten or security scanning step. Lead a "Small Feature" project, such as migrating a manual cron job to an AWS EventBridge + Lambda setup. Perform a "Manual Triage" day identifying why a pipeline didn't trigger or ways to optimise (e.g., was it a connection break or a failed buildspec?). About your learning journey: 90% of your learning will be achieved through hands on project experience, including: CI/CD Pipeline Maintenance & Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Development Observability & System Health Security & Compliance (DevSecOps) Automation You will also have the support of a wider Constellation Automotive Group Graduate community, skilled mentors and Learning Development experts. It will be your learning journey, developed with your Manager, but owned by you. What skills are we looking for? The Junior role doesn't need to know all 200+ AWS services, but they must master these "Core Five": IAM (Identity & Access Management): Understanding Roles vs. Users and how to write least-privilege JSON policies. VPC (Networking): Understanding Public vs. Private subnets, Security Groups, and NACLs. Compute: Basic management of EC2 (Virtual Machines) and Lambda (Serverless). Storage: S3 bucket policies, lifecycle rules, and versioning. Monitoring: Navigating CloudWatch logs and setting up basic Metric Filters. Git Proficiency: Beyond git commit. They need to understand branching strategies (GitFlow), resolving merge conflicts, and Pull Request workflows in GitHub/Bitbucket. AWS CodePipeline & CodeBuild: Configuring buildspec.yml files and managing pipeline transitions. Artifact Management: Understanding how build outputs are stored and versioned in S3 or ECR. Bash/Shell: Navigating the terminal, managing file permissions, and writing basic automation scripts. Python: The industry standard for AWS automation (using the boto3 library). Linux Administration: Understanding the boot process, package management (yum/apt), and log file locations. YAML/JSON: The foundation of CloudFormation. Declarative Logic: Understanding that IaC describes the state of the world, not just a list of commands.  Professional Skills (The "Soft" Skills) “The Detective Mindset" (Troubleshooting) DevOps is 50% fixing things that broke. A graduate needs the patience to look at a 200-line error log and find the one line that matters. Documentation First In DevOps, if it isn't documented, it doesn't exist. They must be skilled at updating READMEs and Confluence pages so the team knows how a new pipeline works. Security-Conscious Thinking The "Shift Left" mentality. They should naturally ask, "Is this S3 bucket private by default?" or "Does this IAM role have too much power?"  Your Academic Background? Recent Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or similar Master’s degree (optional): Information Systems, or Engineering Management  We’ve put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:Onsite parkingCompany Pension SchemeCycle to work schemeAn Employee Assistance ProgrammeEnhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leaveAccess to trained Mental Health First AidersAccess to BCA Rewards which provides online and store discounts with a range of retailers And so much more…As the automotive industry changes, we’re changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We’re the number one in what we do for a reason and that’s because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Posted 20 days ago

A graduate IT role focused on supporting and improving Microsoft 365 systems, automation, and digital workplace tools while developing into a Collaboration Platform Engineer.Main Purpose of The Role: We are recruiting four vacancies across IT, for recent graduates! Two in our Enterprise Applications team and a further two in Technology Operations!   Constellation Automotive Group (CAG) Technology Operations are looking for a recent technology graduate to join as a Junior with a long term learning journey to eventually grow into a Collaboration Platform Engineer. You will work with an experienced Manager who will develop and improve your skill set through hands-on project experience, and structured training. Longer term you will help you support and improve our Microsoft 365 collaboration services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange), assist with identity and access management (Entra ID/Azure AD), and contribute to automation initiatives (ServiceNow, Power Platform, PowerShell, Graph). This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys solving problems, learning quickly, and improving user experience through modern workplace technology.  The Role: The Technology: Microsoft 365 is a powerful suite of business applications that helps organisations run smarter and more efficiently. The Junior Collaboration Platform Engineer is part of the Collaboration Platform team within Technology Operations, with responsibility for the design, administration, configuration and specialist support of our M365 platforms. As a Junior Collaboration Platform Engineer, you’ll support our employees and teams across the businesses, driving positive user experience and frictionless collaboration throughout our tenants whilst maintaining best practice and security standards as defined in collaboration with Information Security. You’ll be at the forefront of significant work modernisation programmes as we migrate from legacy systems, educate our users on efficiencies that can be achieved through our platform and enable our wider teams to maximise their usage of M365. The Junior Collaboration Platform Engineer will have a passion for digital experience and transformation with a focus on automation, reliability and security.  Your manager will tailor a learning journey that will include hands on project experience, working with Microsoft 365, including: Monitoring and improving tools such as Teams, Outlook, Intune (Device management), SharePoint Online Identity: Managing the Entra ID and Auth0 platforms across internal and external customer identities Automation: Implementation of sustainable and effective automation to support the reduction of manual, repeatable exercises In time you will learn to be able to step into a Collaboration Platform Engineer role. You’ll work directly with stakeholders, support larger projects, and help maintain and improve the Collaboration Platform. You’ll collaborate across different teams, take ownership of project delivery, and have the confidence and expertise needed to take on larger platform responsibilities. We’re looking for someone analytical, logical, curious and passionate about technology and the customer experience it provides.  About your learning journey: 90% of your learning will be achieved through hands on project experience, including: Business Orientation: Get to know our organisation, how we work, and how technology drives value. Project 1 – Junior M365 Platform Engineer: Learn & understand the Microsoft 365 technology stack, implement reporting and drive adoption and standardisation. Project 2 – Junior Identity Engineer: Build skills in identity management, across Entra ID & Auth0 (customer facing identity). Understanding security controls implemented at an identity level. Project 3 – Junior Automation Engineer: Learn how to improve standardisation and reduce manual effort through automation. 10% of your learning will be achieved through professional development including core business soft skills as well as academic professional certification such as Project Management and expert certification in AWS and DevOps You will also have the support of a wider Constellation Automotive Group Graduate community, skilled mentors and Learning Development experts. It will be your learning journey, developed with your Manager, but owned by you.  A little more on the hands-on projects you will participate in:  Assist with day-to-day support and administration of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online and Intune. Help manage collaboration artifacts such as Teams/Channels, SharePoint sites, M365 Groups, and distribution lists in line with governance Contribute to improving service reliability through knowledge articles, runbooks, and standard operating procedures Assist in the rollout/adoption of M365 features (communications, guidance, FAQs) Writing clear platform requirements and supporting technical delivery Designing and implementing platform reporting covering compliance, operations, insight and adoption Learning and participating in Agile working practices, including sprint planning, team stand ups and retrospectives Help maintain access hygiene: group ownership, stale accounts, license assignment, and audit evidence preparation Work within ITSM processes (Incidents, Requests, Changes, Problems) Supporting backlog management and sprint planning Utilising PowerShell and Microsoft Graph to implement automation and reporting across the Microsoft stack Exploring Microsoft Graph for inventory, reporting, and automation opportunities  What skills are we looking for? The Junior role doesn't need to everything about Microsoft 365, but you must be able to master these core skills: Enthusiasm for understanding business problems and how technology can solve them Strong analytical and problem solving skills Ability to turn complex information into clear insights A passion for technology, innovation, and customer experience Comfortable working independently and as part of a team Strong written and verbal communication skills Enjoys working in a fast-paced and diverse environment Confident with Microsoft 365 Product suite  We’ve put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:Onsite parkingCompany Pension SchemeCycle to work schemeAn Employee Assistance ProgrammeEnhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leaveAccess to trained Mental Health First AidersAccess to BCA Rewards which provides online and store discounts with a range of retailers And so much more…As the automotive industry changes, we’re changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We’re the number one in what we do for a reason and that’s because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Posted 20 days ago