Cyber Incident Operations (CIO) - Industrial Placement - Leeds
hace 5 días
Leeds
About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. Are you an undergraduate university student looking for a high‑impact industrial placement that will accelerate your cyber career? Are you ready to protect one of the UK's largest and most digitally advanced IT estates from real‑world cyber threats? Join HMRC's Cyber Security Operations teams for a 9-12 month Industrial Placement where you'll gain hands‑on experience, develop specialist skills, and contribute to work that protects millions of citizens and businesses. This is your opportunity to earn while you learn, work alongside cyber experts, and play a meaningful role in defending the nation's tax systems. Discover what it's like to work at HMRC: explore our people stories and hear directly from colleagues about life in cyber security. Job description As a Cyber Security Analyst (Industrial Placement) in HMRC's CIO Cyber Security Operations, you'll join one of our front‑line security teams working to detect, investigate and respond to cyber threats. You will be part of a mission-critical environment that operates 24/7 to protect our vast digital estate. Your placement will give you exposure to: • Cyber Incident Handling: • Supporting investigations into security events and incidents, • Learning how HMRC identifies, triages and responds to cyber threats • Threat Hunting & Analysis: • Using internal security data to uncover suspicious activity, • Monitoring multiple data sources for threat indicators • Cyber Intelligence: • Contributing to intelligence gathering and analysis, • Understanding emerging threats and how attackers operate • Digital Forensics & Monitoring: • Assisting with forensic investigations under supervision • Strong team working skills, • Strong analytical skills, • High attention to detail, • Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non‑technical audiences, • Interest and awareness of cyber security and its importance, • Ability to analyse and interpret data from multiple sources, • You currently studying an undergraduate degree where the placement year forms an accredited and compulsory/optional part of your bachelor's programme? (For example: BSc or MSci degrees with an integrated placement year), • Family friendly policies., • Personal support., • A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences., • A 500-word Personal Statement. Your Personal Statement should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience align with the person specification., • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020