Cyber Security Apprentice London, England
Job description
Level 4 Cyber Security Technologist
Company – Smart Currency Exchange
Full Address – 1 Lyric Square, London W6 0NB
Weekly Hours Worked – 37.5
Salary – up to £23,000
Please contact Raymond on [email protected] or call 01133 500 333
About the company:
Are you looking to work in a high growth business?
We are the Smart Group. The business consists of two Foreign Exchange Brokerages, a Fintech hub, a Property Media Company and a Luxury Property Brand. The primary role of the group is to educate and help individuals and businesses manage their risk.
The Group is run by a group of high achievers and this role sits at the top table and the same energy, drive, performance will be expected from the successful applicant. If you are confident that you are a high achiever and will deliver please apply. We don’t want any time wasters.
We are privately owned and are self-funded. We are entrepreneurial, customer focused and ambitious. We are looking to grow a business for the future.
We have achieved success in doing this through our consultative approach, our technology drive and through working as a team.
One of our key USP’s is our ability to deliver excellent customer service, which is further supported by us being number 1 across two areas of Trustpilot for over a year. Therefore, it is not just us saying it, our customers agree.
Brief job description:
Estio Training have an exciting new opportunity for a Cyber Security Apprentice with Smart Currency Exchange, a foreign exchange brokerage based in Hammersmith, London.
Job Description:
We are looking for a Cyber security apprentice to join us in enhancing our cyber security focus and its application throughout the group, working closely with the business and IT Infrastructure teams.
Your duties and responsibilities in this role will consist of:
The broad purpose of the opportunity is to provide first line cyber security support. This requires individuals to monitor and detect potential security threats and escalate as necessary and to support secure and uninterrupted business operations of our businesses through the implementation of cyber security mechanisms and the application of cyber security procedures and controls. To contribute to the delivery of a security culture across our businesses, understanding vulnerabilities and threats and supporting the development of an organisation’s cyber security maturity. To apply procedures and controls to maintain security and control of our businesses, and process security requests ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information stored digitally.
Qualifications:
- 5 GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)
Skills Required:
- IT literate having studied equivalent to A Levels in a Technical subject
- Exposure to IT, especially Cyber Security will be a huge advantage
Personal qualities:
- Eager for a career in Cyber Security
- Very strong attention to detail
- Able to engage with internal customers and build rapport
- A good listener and you can put feedback received into practice
- Resilient with a drive to succeed
- Have the ability to influence people taking people on the journey with you
Future prospects:
The role offers long term security and the opportunity to progress into a permanent position.
Training to be provided:
Estio apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Successful completion of this apprenticeship gives you an accredited Level 4 Cyber Security Technologist, with training in how to:
- Discover potential vulnerabilities, threats and hazards in your systems, services and processes.
- Develop security designs and configure, deploy and use appropriate cyber security technology to protect your business.
- Identify, analyse and develop security cases to defend against potential threats.
- Write program code or scripts to meet a given design requirement that improves your cyber security.
- Understand latest attack techniques and recommend ways to defend against them.
