Nda Gicc Cyber Security Apprentice

1 week ago


Workington, United Kingdom Energus Full time

Overview:
We are looking for people with creative and technical skills to join our Cyber Security Apprenticeship programme.

With the UK facing an ever-increasing range of cyber security threats, and over half of the UK’s employers reporting cyber security skills shortages, you could be part of the workforce of the future.

**The NDA group is committed to being an inclusive workplace, made stronger by different ideas from different people, with diverse backgrounds.**
**The NDA group values the unique differences that each colleague brings to work every day and is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included, and able to perform at their best.**

Energus, in collaboration with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, have developed a Cyber Security Apprenticeship programme that will give you experience across the nuclear sector, a sector that is undergoing significant transformation and requiring new ideas and new skills to support a diverse range of activities.

You will work towards a Level 4 Cyber Security Technologist qualification with the following pathways;
- Risk
- Technical Engineer

This is delivered via online sessions and will include a combination of project and lab work, live events, self-research, self-paced learning and peer to peer learning. You will also undertake behavioural training to enhance your knowledge and skills, becoming a key part of the nuclear sector’s drive for cyber security.

Cyber Security Apprentices are highly sought after by the nuclear industry; during your apprenticeship you will develop your talent in the rapidly growing cyber security sector.

Energus will support you to secure an interesting and stimulating role in the nuclear industry by providing:

- Exciting and challenging secondments across the sector which will develop your professional and technical capabilities
- Technical and behavioural training structured against your needs and those of the industry
- Excellent on-the-job experience

Our apprentice programme is open to all who are eligible to work in the UK (proof of right to work in the UK will be required).

**Salary and Benefits**

To support you on your development journey, Energus will provide you with:

- A starting salary of £15,950 per annum
- 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
- Access to the Energus contributory pension scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Aviva DigiCare+ Workplace

**Your Programme**

For the duration of your 18-month apprenticeship you will work on behalf of NDA, while being employed by Energus.

You will undertake a variety of tasks and processes within the team, developing your overall business knowledge.

**Responsibilities**:
This apprenticeship will cover a broad range of core technical competencies and provide you with the technical knowledge and understanding to be an effective within your Cyber Security role.

Technical Competencies

During this apprenticeship you will develop the following technical competencies:

- Discovering (through a mix of research and practical exploration) vulnerabilities in a system
- Analysing and evaluating security threats and hazards to a system or service or processes.
- Researching and investigating some common attack techniques and recommend how to defend against them.
- Undertaking a security risk assessment for a simple system and propose basic remediation advice.
- Sourcing and analysing a security case (e.g. a Common Criteria Protection Profile for a security component) and describe what threats, vulnerability or risks are mitigated and identify any residual areas of concern.
- Developing a simple security case without supervision.
- Identifying and following organisational policies and standards for information and cyber security and operate according to service level agreements or employer defined performance targets.

Technical Knowledge and Understanding

In addition, this apprenticeship will teach you about:

- The importance of Cyber Security to business and society
- Concepts such as security, identity, confidentiality, integrity, availability, threat, vulnerability, risk and hazard, and also how these relate to each other and lead to risk and harm
- Security assurance concepts and how assurance may be achieved in practice (e.g. penetration testing and extrinsic assurance methods)
- Building a security case - deriving security objectives with reasoned justification in a representative business scenario
- Cyber security concepts applied to ICT infrastructure - can describe the fundamental building blocks and typical architectures and identify some common vulnerabilities in networks and systems
- A range of attack techniques and sources of threat
- The principles of cyber defence, developing your ability to describe ways to defend against attack techniques
- Relevant laws and ethics and develop and understanding of the role of criminal and other UK and international laws
- Threat trends - developing your a



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