Cyber Security apprentice

Summary

You will be part of the Cyber security team, who are responsible for keeping Computacenter and our customers secure by reducing the risk of cyber-attacks, security incidents & data breaches. You will have the opportunity to work within a variety of teams such as Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Operations and Cyber Risk Management.

Wage: £22,000 a year
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Training course: Cyber security technologist (2021) (level 4)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

You will build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders whilst maintaining open and constructive working relationships with a high degree of commitment. The successful apprentice will seek to identify better ways to deliver improvement and simplify how activities are undertaken.

Throughout the rotation of the programme, you will also.

Gain an understanding each team’s role within the business and the importance of it across Computacenter
Support with work to help meet individual and team targets
Assist with any required reporting activities
Assist the operation of the end-to-end Information Security Risk Management process for Computacenter
Schedule and conduct risk assessments across different systems to validate the implementation of security controls
Support with promoting the information security reasonings across Computacenter

Where you’ll work

Computacenter

Hatfield Avenue

Hatfield

Hertfordshire

AL10 9TW

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Cyber security technologist (2021) (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Discover vulnerabilities in a system by using a mix of research and practical exploration
Analyse and evaluate security threats and hazards to a system or service or processes. Use relevant external source of threat intelligence or advice (e.g. National Cyber Security Centre) Combine different sources to create an enriched view of cyber threats and hazards
Research and investigate common attack techniques and relate these to normal and observed digital system behaviour and recommend how to defend against them. Interpret and demonstrate use of external source of vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP, intelligence sharing initiatives, open source)
Undertake security risk assessments for simple systems without direct supervision and propose basic remediation advice in the context of the employer.
Source and analyse security cases and describe what threats, vulnerability or risks are mitigated and identify any residual areas of concern.
Analyse employer or customer requirements to derive security objectives and taking account of the threats and overall context develop a security case which sets out the proposed security measures in the context with reasoned justification
Identify and follow organisational policies and standards for information and cyber security and operate according to service level agreements or other defined performance targets.
Configure, deploy and use computer, digital network and cyber security technology.
Recommend improvements to the cyber security posture of an employer or customer based on research into future potential cyber threats and considering threat trends.
Write program code or scripts to meet a given design requirement in accordance with employers' coding standards
Identify cyber security threats relevant to a defined context
Accurately, objectively and concisely record and report the appropriate cyber security information, including in written reports within a structure or template provided.
Design, build, test and troubleshoot a network incorporating more than one subnet with static and dynamic routes, to a given design requirement without supervision. Provide evidence that the system meets the design requirement.
Analyse security requirements given (functional and non-functional security requirements that may be presented in a security case) against other design requirements (e.g. usability, cost, size, weight, power, heat, supportability etc.) for a given system or product. Identify conflicting requirements and propose, with reasoning, resolution through appropriate trade-offs.
Design and build, systems in accordance with a security case within broad but generally well-defined parameters. This should include selection and configuration of typical security hardware and software components. Provide evidence that the system has properly implemented the security controls required by the security case
Design systems employing encryption to meet defined security objectives. Develop and implement a plan for managing the associated encryption keys for the given scenario or system.
Use tools, techniques and processes to actively prevent breaches to digital system security.
Configure digital system monitoring and analysis tools (e.g. SIEM tools), taking account of threat & vulnerability intelligence, indicators of compromise.
Conduct cyber-risk assessments against an externally (market) recognised cyber security standard using a recognised risk assessment methodology.
Develop information security policies or processes to address a set of identified risks, for example from security audit recommendations.
Develop information security policies within a defined scope to take account of legislation and regulation relevant to cyber security.
Take an active part in a security audits against recognised cyber security standards, undertake gap analysis and make recommendations for remediation..
Develop plans for local business continuity for approval within defined governance arrangements for business continuity.
Assess security culture using a recognised approach.
Design and implement a simple ‘security awareness’ campaign to address a specific aspect of a security culture.
Develop plans for incident response for approval within defined governance arrangements for incident response.
Integrate and correlate information from various sources (including log files from different sources, digital system monitoring tools, Secure Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, access control systems, physical security systems) and compare to known threat and vulnerability data to form a judgement based on evidence with reasoning that the anomaly represents a digital system security breach
Recognise anomalies in observed digital system data structures (including by inspection of network packet data structures) and digital system behaviours (including by inspection of protocol behaviours) and by inspection of log files and by investigation of alerts raised by automated tools including SIEM tools.
Undertake root cause analysis of events and make recommendations to reduce false positives and false negatives.
Manage local response to non-major incidents in accordance with a defined procedure.
Discover vulnerabilities in a system by using a mix of research and practical exploration
Analyse and evaluate security threats and hazards to a system or service or processes. Use relevant external source of threat intelligence or advice (e.g. National Cyber Security Centre) Combine different sources to create an enriched view of cyber threats and hazards
Research and investigate common attack techniques and relate these to normal and observed digital system behaviour and recommend how to defend against them. Interpret and demonstrate use of external source of vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP, intelligence sharing initiatives, open source)
Undertake security risk assessments for simple systems without direct supervision and propose basic remediation advice in the context of the employer.
Source and analyse security cases and describe what threats, vulnerability or risks are mitigated and identify any residual areas of concern.
Analyse employer or customer requirements to derive security objectives and taking account of the threats and overall context develop a security case which sets out the proposed security measures in the context with reasoned justification
Identify and follow organisational policies and standards for information and cyber security and operate according to service level agreements or other defined performance targets.
Configure, deploy and use computer, digital network and cyber security technology.
Recommend improvements to the cyber security posture of an employer or customer based on research into future potential cyber threats and considering threat trends.
Write program code or scripts to meet a given design requirement in accordance with employers' coding standards
Identify cyber security threats relevant to a defined context
Accurately, objectively and concisely record and report the appropriate cyber security information, including in written reports within a structure or template provided.

Your training plan

For the duration of your programme, you will be studying towards a Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 qualification
Throughout your apprenticeship, you will spend about 80% of your time in work and 20% studying towards your qualification.
You will join block residential workshops, have a 1-2-1 mentor for support and have time to undertake your studies in working time

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English and Maths (grade 4 or above)

Desirable qualifications

A Level or equivalent in:

IT (grade Pass)

BTEC or equivalent in:

IT (grade Pass)

NVQ or SVQ Level 3 or equivalent in:

IT (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Presentation skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

As part of a new cohort, you’ll form great friendships among your fellow apprentices. Everybody wants each other to succeed – and we regularly celebrate our success. You’ll work within an inclusive and supportive environment where we make sure everybody feels welcome and included.

About this company

Computacenter is a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We build unrivalled value for our customers over the long-term, helping them to achieve their goals. It’s one of the reasons that we’re trusted by some of the world’s greatest organisations. Interested in joining a company with a strong sense of community? We’re growing. We’re hiring. We encourage. We empower. We support. #CCfuturetalent We build unrivalled value for our customers over the long-term, helping them to achieve their goals. It’s one of the reasons that we’re trusted by some of the world’s greatest organisations. Interested in joining a company with a strong sense of community? We’re growing. We’re hiring. We encourage. We empower. We support. #CCfuturetalent

https://jobs.computacenter.com/job/Hatfield-Cyber-Security-Apprentice-AL10-9TW/1047119101/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

There is no guarantee of a permanent role at the end of your programme
However, hardwork and dedication will give you a strong chance. Getting your foot on the ladder of a global company that could take your career in lots of potential directions

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED

Early Careers team

earlycareers.uk@computacenter.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299259.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 28 February)

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