L4 Cyber Security Apprentice – Simply Business – London, EC2V 7NG – £26k

Security Operations Defend & Respond Apprentice

Responsibilities include:

Monitor our networks to spot both active and emerging threats. Monitor our endpoints to combat malicious activity. Identify anomalous behaviour and triage incidents and alerts accordingly. Work directly with a team of Cyber Security Analysts and Engineers to investigate issues and escalate incidents. Facilitate Vulnerability Management, identifying vulnerabilities in our infrastructure and coordinating remediation efforts with our IT Teams. Participate in incident response, collaborating within the business to see security incidents through their full lifecycle. Help us to tune our security tools and automate our manual processes to make our SOC more efficient. Research, evaluate and assess emerging cybersecurity threats, trends, tools and capabilities. Participate in security-focused sessions (presentations, tabletops, and CTFs).

Security Engineer Apprentice

Responsibilities include:

Help us to develop our security tooling to improve our detections of both active and emerging threats. Work with our IT teams to maintain compliance of our endpoints to prevent malicious activity. Work directly with a team of Cyber Security Analysts and Engineers to investigate issues and escalate incidents. Facilitate Vulnerability Management for our Cloud Environment, looking for any misconfigurations or vulnerabilities and liaising with our DevOps teams to resolve. Help us to tune our security tools and automate our manual processes to make our SOC more efficient. Research, evaluate and assess emerging cybersecurity threats, trends, tools and capabilities. Participate in security-focused sessions (presentations, tabletops, and CTFs).

Skills we need (both roles):

Demonstrable passion for Cyber Security. Good understanding of security fundamentals. Understanding of computer networks and their core components. Willingness to learn and ability to demonstrate it through previous roles or academic study. Time management skills, to manage your apprenticeship work alongside your role. Ability to communicate effectively with non-technical and technical people. Knowledge of Information Security issues and trends. Knowledge of Cloud Technologies.

Training:

During this apprenticeship, you will follow a fully supported training programme with LearnTech, delivered through combined classroom-based training, workplace assessment/training and online learning.

The training covers the following core occupational duties:

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/cyber-security-technologist-2021-v1-0

Training Outcome:

There may be the opportuity to apply for a full-time role at the end of this apprenticeship.

Employer Description:
Simply Business is one of the UK’s largest business insurance and landlord insurance providers. We protect nearly one million small businesses and self-employed people across 1,500 trades – from builders to bakers and personal trainers. Our mission? Taking the hassle out of buying insurance, offering simplicity, choice and value wherever we can.

Working Hours :
Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:30

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Logical,Team working,Initiative,Passion for Cyber Security,Willing to learn