Cloud Assurance And Cyber Security Higher Apprenticeship
Thales · South East · RH10 9HA
About the role
Ready to dive into the world of cybersecurity and cloud tech? 🚀 This apprenticeship is your launchpad to a brilliant career in a leading UK tech and defence company! We're looking for curious minds who love cracking complex challenges. If that's you, let's turn that passion into your future! ✨
What's in it for you?
- Earn while you learn 💸
- Real-world experience that counts 📈
- Top-notch training and development 🌱
- A recognized qualification to boost your CV 🎓
- A permanent job from day one 🤝
- Fully paid tuition fees! 💯
About the Role:
As a Cloud Assurance and Cyber Security Apprentice, you'll get hands-on experience protecting cloud platforms and keeping systems secure. You'll be part of safeguarding critical systems and get a taste of government-level security operations. 🛡️
What You'll Learn:
- Cloud Security Monitoring: Keep our public cloud (like Azure & Google Cloud) safe and secure, following government rules. ☁️
- Incident Response: Help investigate security breaches and sort out issues fast in sensitive environments. 🚨
- Security Auditing: Check cloud systems to make sure they're following all the rules and regulations. ✅
- Risk & Vulnerability Assessments: Spot weaknesses in cloud services and help make them stronger. 💪
- Compliance & Governance: Ensure our cloud setups meet government standards like GDPR and NCSC guidelines. 📜
- Teamwork: Collaborate with cloud experts and engineers to build security into everything we do. 🤝
- Continuous Learning: Grow your skills with training and certifications in cloud security and government standards. 📚
The Apprenticeship:
This is a 24-month journey, leading to a Level 4 Cyber Security Engineer qualification. You'll learn through live online lectures and digital resources, culminating in an End Point Assessment. Then, you'll seamlessly transition into your permanent role with us. 💻
Your Entry Ticket:
- An A-Level in ICT, IB Level 3 in ICT, a Level 3 apprenticeship in a similar field, or a BTEC Extended Diploma in IT (180 credits). 🎓
- 5 GCSEs (Grade 9-4/A-C) including English and Maths. ✍️
Awesome Perks:
- Competitive salary: £24,000 per year. 💰
- Performance-based pay boosts. 🎉
- 201 hours of holiday annually, plus extra company days and bank holidays. 🏖️
- Company pension scheme. 💼
- Health Care Cash Plan. 🩺
- Flexible and hybrid working options. 🏠
- Employee Assistance Programme for support. 🤗
- Dedicated learning and development opportunities. 🚀
- Employee discounts and wellbeing initiatives. 😄
- Life Cover. 🔒
- 80 hours of volunteering time per year for your first two years. 🌍
About Thales:
We're an equal opportunities employer, and diversity and inclusion are key to our success. 🌟
Our Recruitment Process:
1. Apply Online 📝
2. Upload Your CV 📄
3. Check Your Email for an Invitation (from recruiting@jobalerts.thalesgroup.com) 📧
4. Complete Your Application (you can apply for one main role and up to 3 others!) 🖱️
5. Online Tests 🧠
6. Virtual Assessment Centre (group exercises & interviews) 🎤
7. Job Offer! 🥳
Important Notes:
- Assessment centres are scheduled for February - May 2027.
- Your induction week is September 6-10, 2027.
- Applications close at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, February 17, 2027. BUT, roles can close early if we get lots of applications, so apply ASAP! 🏃💨
- All roles require UK security checks (BPSS and SC clearance). This means you'll typically need to have lived in the UK for the last five years. 🇬🇧
Ready to secure your future? Hit that apply button! 👉
Key responsibilities
- Assist in monitoring and maintaining cloud infrastructure security.
- Support the reporting, investigation, and analysis of security incidents.
- Help perform regular audits of cloud-based systems.
- Participate in identifying vulnerabilities and proposing mitigations.
- Assist in ensuring cloud environments comply with government policies and guidelines.