Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Salary: | £23,700 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 30th May 2024 |
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Closes: | 9th June 2024 |
Job Ref: | 27163 |
Company description:
We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.
Job description:
Our IT Service exists to deliver an excellent service for its users, enabling world-class teaching, learning, and research at our university. We are committed to expanding our knowledge and expertise with a strong focus on training and development for our people. We shape the future of education and contribute to ground-breaking projects through IT innovation. To find out more about our dynamic customer-focused teams, visit Working in our IT Service.
The Role
We are investing significantly in an expanded team of cyber security professionals. We are now looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated undergraduate student for a 12-13 month placement before their final year of study, based in the Cyber Security Team, commencing no later than 16th September 2024.
This student placement role will assist in protecting the University from cyber security threats to minimise or eliminate the impact of such threats on the University's activities.
This opportunity is a placement for a student who is enrolled on under-graduate degree programme in Computing Science or related discipline and is looking for a pre-final year work placement.
You will work closely with cyber security professionals and other IT Service colleagues in providing a pro-active cyber security function to the University. The work is varied and will offer you a broad range of experience and training, with the opportunity to develop valuable technical and interpersonal skills.
We are committed to building and maintaining a fair and inclusive working environment and we would be happy to discuss arrangements for flexible and/or blended working.
If you are successful in this opportunity, you will be required to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard security screening check.
Please contact Jason Bain, Chief Information Security Officer, Jason.Bain@newcastle.ac.uk or Jonathan Carey, Senior Cyber Security Officer, Jonathan.Carey@newcastle.ac.uk to have a chat about this opportunity.
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