Apprentice Cyber Security

**CYBER SECURITY APPRENTICE**

**LET’S CUT STRAIGHT TO IT**

**Taking care of ‘one of life’s essentials’ - it’**s our purpose and we want you to be part of it. Supplying wholesome drinking water, treating wastewater and recycling this back to the environment responsibly is no mean feat. We serve around 8 million people across the Midlands and Wales and unlike other businesses, our delivery is non-negotiable. It’s a matter of life.**

**Many of our employees are also our customers, so we truly** take pride in what we do Employing people from across our communities and beyond, Severn Trent is an exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be curious, can be ‘Wonderfully You’ and where you can truly make an impact to our environment, now and for future generations.**

**LET’S TELL YOU MORE**

Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn Our Apprentice Cyber Security Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the core of our business. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future.

You’ll be supported every step of the way, by your line manager and mentor. With almost all personal data now stored online, cyber security attacks have the potential to completely ruin businesses - not to mention people's lives - in the process. You’ll work with our cyber security to prevent attacks that could harm our organisation. The leading purpose of working in Cyber Security is to protect sensitive files from hackers, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, and secure our customers information and personal data your role is usually office based. You’ll interact with a broad range of people internally and externally including suppliers and customers, technical specialists, non-specialists, peers, and senior representatives.

**HOW WILL THE PROGRAMME WORK**

**Standard**

**Cyber Security Technical Professional (Integrated Degree)**

**Website
**Apprenticeship Duration**

48 months (Excluding EPA period)

**Apprenticeship Level**

Level 6

**Location**

Coventry, CV1 2LZ

**Salary
**£17,194

**Provider/ F2F or Online
**QA / Online**

**ENTRY CRITERIA**

**ROLE EXPECTATIONS POST APPRENTICESHIP**

By the end of this programme, you will take up an Associate Information Security role, where you will be able to put your skills to action

**WHAT WILL YOU LEARN**
- You will learn a range of skills, such as identifying threats or understanding attackers, being creative in order to address cyber security threats, and being resourceful to combat attackers.
- You will also learn how to employ the technology you have effectively, maintaining it and updating it and the threat landscape changes, responding to new threats and concerns

**WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR**

We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term.

We’d love you to be someone with
- A ‘can do’ attitude - willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work
- A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment
- Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving.
- No two days are the same on the front line and not every day goes to plan, so you’ll need to be quick on your feet to respond
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams
- Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences
- Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment

**HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN**

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- 10% monthly discount with Busy Bees Nurseries, and one-week free childcare
- Dedicated training an