Register Your Interest: Cyber Security Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Register Your Interest: Cyber Security Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Salary: £20,200

Hiring locations: Newport, South Wales

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this

opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

The opportunity

Embark on a journey of learning and growth with the Airbus Apprenticeship Programme. You'll benefit from a fully paid bachelors degree, and being able to put that learning into practice right away; whilst you're studying you will also be paid a salary - so you can work and gain your degree at the same time. Our degree apprenticeship programme offers a unique blend of hands-on experience, mentorship, and tailored development, propelling you towards a career in the aerospace industry. As an apprentice you'll dive into challenging projects, gain insights into cutting-edge technologies, and contribute to ground-breaking solutions that impact the world of aerospace. With global networks and diverse teams, you'll collaborate with brilliant minds from around the world, fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration. Join us to turn your passion for aerospace into a reality.

About the role

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2016, it generated revenues of €67 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe's number one space enterprise and the world's second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary – on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Would you like to work on advanced High Grade crypto systems and key management systems to protect Governments, Military, Enterprise Organizations and essential National Infrastructure from cyber threats? Airbus Defence & Space have exciting apprenticeships starting in our Cyber Security Division at our base in Newport, South Wales.

As an apprentice you will be trained in High Grade cryptographic development, you will learn about our existing Ectocryp and CertSecure suite of products. You will join a team of highly skilled engineers working to deliver the next generation of encryption devices.

You will receive on the job training and a formal degree qualification all while being paid and accruing no course fees!

Our UK Apprenticeship Programme provides exceptional candidates the opportunity to master managerial and technical skills. It combines internal rotational placements with focused training as well as further personal development and the chance to build your professional network.

From day one, you will be assigned to a particular department and will be guided through the various placement opportunities that exist within your function, the wider business and even with customers and suppliers. This, along with training provided works to ensure you are ready and experienced enough to take the next step of your career following the programme's conclusion.

Skills you will be taught will include:

• Threat analysis and mitigation development to counter identified threats
• Development of security requirements for product
• Analysis of the product design and requirements from a security perspective, throughout the product development lifecycle (requirements to manufacture)
• Production of security documentation to document the design, for each stage of the product development lifecycle for review by the National Authority
• Collaborate regularly with external National Authority teams and internal project teams to ensure design is in line with requirements, and to national standards
• Presentation of product security design and development status at internal engineering reviews
• As part of this degree apprenticeship, you will be studying towards achieving a BSc Applied Cyber Security Apprenticeship Degree.

Partner College/University:

Cardiff Met University (subject to change due to university availability)

Key benefits

35 hours per week // Holiday entitlement plus bank holidays // Pension // Success share // Plus many more flexible benefits!

Minimum entry requirements/qualifications

3 A Levels A-C with at least two in a STEM subject

What the users will need to apply

To be a successful candidate you need to submit your CV stating your predicted and/or achieved grades and submit a Cover Letter stating your motivations.