Cyber Security Apprentice (quantock Education Trust)
THE HAYGROVE ACADEMY TRUST · South West · TA6 7HW
About the role
🚀 Cyber Security Apprentice 🚀
Join our mission to protect our school systems and safeguard our students' digital futures! 🛡️
Are you a tech-savvy individual ready to kickstart your career in the fast-paced world of cyber security? This is your chance to gain hands-on experience and become a vital part of our IT Team. You'll be at the forefront of defending our trust school systems, networks, data, and most importantly, our people, from cyber threats. 💻
What you'll be doing:
- Cyber Defence: Help protect everything from school networks to sensitive data and our amazing staff and students from online dangers. ⚔️
- Skill Up: Get trained in the essentials of security operations, risk management, governance, and how to handle security incidents. 🧠
- Team Up: Work closely with our experienced IT Team, contributing to exciting projects and ensuring our IT systems are running smoothly and securely. 🤝
- Student Support: Provide guidance and supervision to students as they use various software and systems, under the watchful eye of our Trust ICT Manager and IT staff. 🧑🏫
- Threat Watch: Monitor trust-wide IT systems, including firewalls and filtering, and investigate any suspicious activity or potential cyber security incidents. 🚨
- Documentation Guru: Help keep our incident response plans and procedures up-to-date. ✍️
- Vulnerability Hunter: Assist in finding, assessing, and fixing system weaknesses, including keeping our software patched and updated. ✅
- Audit Ace: Support ICT audits, compliance checks, and risk assessments. 📊
- Security Champion: Help implement security controls, policies, and procedures to keep us safe. 🔒
- Access Manager: Assist in managing daily user access, permissions, and privileged accounts. 🔑
- Log Analyst: Dive into system logs and security data to spot any unusual activity. 🔎
- Issue Solver: Respond to ICT issues, supporting both staff and students with remote tools and on-site visits. 🔧
- Business Continuity: Contribute to making sure our IT systems can bounce back from any disruption. 🌟
- Phishing Fighters: Support phishing awareness campaigns and cyber security training for everyone. 🎣
- Documentation Keeper: Help maintain all our ICT documentation, from technical guides to cyber security info. 📚
- Endpoint & Cloud Guardian: Assist with monitoring endpoint protection, network, and cloud security. ☁️
- Threat Researcher: Stay ahead of the curve by researching emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices. 💡
- Security Advocate: Work with colleagues across the trust to promote secure working habits. 📢
- Project Partner: Support ongoing security projects and continuous improvement initiatives. ✨
- Report Builder: Help prepare reports and presentations on security incidents and trends. 📈
- Tech Tracker: Keep your finger on the pulse of the latest cyber threats and technologies. 🌐
Location: Quantock Haygrove School, Bridgwater, TA6 7HW & Sexey's School, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0DF
Requirements: A full Driving Licence is essential. 🚗
Ready to be a cyber hero? Apply now! 🚀
Key responsibilities
- Provide ICT support and maintenance activities for users, hardware, software, and networks.
- Monitor trust-wide IT systems, investigate security alerts, and document incidents.
- Support vulnerability identification, assessment, and remediation activities.
- Help manage daily user access controls, permissions, and privileged accounts.
- Assist in responding to ICT issues for staff and students.