Cyber Security Apprentice

5 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 326171**Salary**:

- £28,119**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Apprenticeship**Business area**:

- DVSA - Strategy Planning and Performance**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- NottinghamAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We offer hybrid working - giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.

**Are you interested in a Cyber Security Apprenticeship that combines a recognised degree program with a lucrative salary opportunity?**

This Degree Apprenticeship is a fantastic opportunity to learn while you earn

We will provide a fully paid 3-year Apprenticeship to help you gain a Degree specialising in Cyber Security and provide hands on working experience. You’ll spend 20% of your working week studying with lots of support from your DVSA mentor, line manager and Apprenticeship provider. We will even build in career progression and promotion opportunities for you at the end of the 3 years

The L6 BSc (Hons) Digital and Technology solutions degree will be delivered by NCH Northeastern.

You’ll be working with an organisation that serves millions of people, making a real difference to road safety and protecting the British public.

There’s never been a better time to join the DVSA.

Our **Digital-first vision** is supported by a clear strategy which allows our staff to develop and grow.

Click here to find out more the award-winning services we work on and what’s on offer for you, helping drive your career forward.

**Job description**:
You will:

- Prioritise and classify security alerts based on their significance and potential impact, separating any false and genuine threats.
- Take part in ongoing training and development to keep up with evolving cyber security threats and technologies.
- Communicate and collaborate with other teams, such as network administrators, system administrators, and management.
- Monitor and investigate security alerts to identify security incidents and perform analysis to help resolve issues.
- Help conduct incident response exercises including assessing, finding solutions and threat-hunting.

More detail can be found on the attached Job Description.

**Person specification**:
**You should**:

- Be a quick learner and be willing to learn new technologies.
- Have good written and verbal communication skills.
- Be able to work as part of a team and be willing to learn from others.
- Have excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
- Have a proactive approach to problem solving.

More detail can be found on the attached Job Description.

This is a development role so to be eligible to apply, the training and development you receive during this apprenticeship must provide you with significant new skills and learning. This is an essential requirement for apprenticeship funding and means you must not already be over-qualified or over-experienced in this type of work.

**About Us**

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.

We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

- make roads safer
- improve services for our customers
- make road transport greener and healthier
- harness the potential of technology and data
- grow and level up the economy

We’re committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.

**_To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work _**_visit our Careers website_**_._**

**Qualifications**:

- Three A levels (or equivalent at BBB or above).
- At least Grade 4/C GCSE Maths, English and IT

In addition, you must:
- Be aged 16 or over (there is no upper age limit).
- Have the permanent right to work in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the UK/EU/EA for 3 consecutive years before starting the apprenticeship.
- Have left full-time education by the time the apprenticeship starts and not be in receipt of funding for other learning programmes (including another apprenticeship).

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:
**Benefits**
- An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
- Exceptional pension with an employer contribution of an average of 27%
- Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30.

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