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Job Title Advanced Apprentice Submarines Cyber Security Information Communications Technology Barrow
Location Barrow
Salary We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and Share Incentive plan.
What you will be doing
The Cyber Security Advanced Apprenticeship is a 2 year scheme that will increase your cyber security knowledge whilst providing exposure to the security roles within our Information Management & Technology Function. Through a rotation of placements, you will also have the opportunity to learn about other areas of IM&T and the business, putting our security requirements into context. To support your learning and development and to compliment your studies, you will work with our experienced teams who will mentor and coach you whilst working on real life tasks and projects, providing you with shadowing and learning opportunities on the job.
Within the Submarines business, we have three IM&T Security Teams;
• Cyber Security Architecture & Services
• Information Security
• Supplier Security Assurance
A lot of the work that these teams undertake involves supporting incident and vulnerability management, security breach investigation, strengthening and enhancing how we protect our information and IT infrastructure, increasing security awareness and ensuring that internal and external colleagues comply with our policies and our security requirements.
The role holder:
• Gains an insight into the development, definition, management and delivery of Cyber Incident Response – including documentation and testing.
• Develops an understanding of the security architecture across all IT infrastructure, networks, systems and applications – both in projects and ad-hoc.
• Fully understands the importance of Information Security and applies this to their own work and operations within the organisation
• Communicates security risks and issues to business managers and others and then applies and maintains specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments.
• Supporting incident/ issue and vulnerability management.
• Supports the Investigation of minor security breaches in accordance with established procedures.
• Assists users in defining their access rights and privileges.
• Performs non-standard security administration tasks and resolves security administration issues.
• Provides advice and guidance to business stakeholders on security best practice and application of Security policies and processes in order to ensure compliance and/or risk management facilitating delivery of business objectives in line with contractual obligations and corporate standards.
• Gathers data, analyses and prepares reports or presentations to feed information back to teams/managers.
• Conducts and supports security risk assessments and facilitates remedial activities to improve security performance.
Alongside on the job experience, you will gain a Level 3 qualification. You will be supported and nurtured to give you the capacity to make the role your own, and seize the endless opportunities for business, personal and professional growth.
Overview of business unit
Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.
Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world’s most complex engineering challenges.
We have sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, Ash Vale, Broad Oak and Weymouth, and we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you’ll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.
Benefits
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
Team
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference. And as you tackle critical projects, you’ll work alongside a supportive team – driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
We also provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit. We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you’ll gain different experiences. With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner. Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role. To ensure we retain our talented people, we offer a blend of sponsorship, additional support in career development planning and a portfolio of high potential development programmes.
Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high performing work force that will develop and grow our future business. We believe that everyone has talent, and at the heart of our talent management approach our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s top employer in the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion.
Export Control / Security
Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
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