Cyber Security

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

- 329441**Salary**:

- £25,606 - £25,606**Job grade**:

- Other- Placement / Internship**Contract type**:

- Temporary**Length of employment**:

- 12 Months**Type of role**:

- Information Technology**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of progressive Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2024 until July 2025.

**What we are offering**

We’re looking for 2 exceptional Cyber Security - Industrial Placement 2024 to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Cyber Security - Industrial Placement 2024 you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ. The ratio between remote and in-person working is flexible, however the role does require being on site at our Exeter HQ for working collaboratively in person (usually at least once a month).

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone

**Who we are**:
We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

Together:

- ** We’re a force for good** - focusing on our environmental and social impact
- ** We’re experts by nature** - always learning and developing to do things better
- ** We live and breathe it** - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
- ** We’re better together**:

- understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
- ** We keep evolving**:

- pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

**Job description**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year In Industry placement, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.

You will be supported by a task manager in the appropriate area, alongside a mentor who will stay with you for the entire placement. Your mentor will also be helping you with your project.

As our Cyber Security - Industrial Placement 2024, responsibilities include:

- Cyber Security Knowledge: Build knowledge of new and existing security tooling and the wide range of technology and services that the Met Office operates.
- Security Monitoring: Assist with triaging alerts raised by the security monitoring systems that CSOC maintain, developing a level of autonomy to investigate alerts and hunt for threats.
- Monitoring Improvements: Improve our monitoring systems by developing new alerts and fine-tuning existing alerts, ensuring they are clearly documented.
- Incident Response: Shadow the response and investigation of security incidents, working with experienced analysts to assess impact and take appropriate measures to contain and mitigate them. Help identify root causes to avoid similar incidents happening in the future.
- Incident Response Preparation: Help CSOC analysts to ensure that the Met Office has the capability to respond effectively to cyber security incidents through incident response planning and cyber exercising.
- Threat Intelligence: Learn about cyber threats and attack techniques. Assist with incorporating threat intelligence into security practices and cascading to relevant stakeholders.
- Cyber Security Improvements: Assist with Identifying and implementing improvements across Met Office IT Infrastructure to enhance protection from ever-evolving threats. This includes vulnerability management, secure configuration, and protective control improvements.
- Placement Project: Deliver a project of your design with the aim of helping improve the Met Office’s security posture.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities**:

- Studying an undergraduate degree in Cyber Security/Computing or equivalent which MUST incorporate a placement year (i.e. sandwich course).
- Demonstrate a keen interest in Cyber Security and Technology (we do not expect you to be an expert, but we do want someone that is curious, motivated and willing to learn).
- Cyber security is truly a team effort, and we are looking for someone who is keen to collaborate with and support others. Provide evidence of good communication and interpersonal skills. (Better tog